Press Releases
WASHINGTON – On Tax Day, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is highlighting his support of the Millionaires Surtax Act and the Stop Corporations and High Earners from Avoiding Taxes and Enforce the Rules Strictly (Stop CHEATERS) Act, bills to ensure the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share in taxes. “Across the country, middle- and working-class Americans have paid their fair share in […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called for answers from Aramark over alleged labor rights violations affecting employees across Arizona. Aramark is a food service contractor that holds many state and federal contracts with Arizona’s universities, parks, stadiums, state prisons, and the Phoenix Convention Center. “I write to express concern for the economic conditions and alleged […]
ARIZONA – Last week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) traveled across Phoenix and Tucson to discuss Arizona’s affordable housing crisis, speak with students and Tribal leaders, and deliver a keynote address at the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Western Regional Convention. In Phoenix on Wednesday, Gallego convened his inaugural Housing Advisory Board; hosted an affordable housing town hall; celebrated the opening of […]
PHOENIX – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly demanded an immediate end to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) investigation into the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona. “The election was the subject of multiple failed lawsuits and investigations and audits that revealed no evidence of fraud. Deploying agents who should be focused on targeting criminals to investigate […]
WASHINGTON — Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) denounced the Department of Defense’s (DoD) restrictions imposed on Stars and Stripes, the military’s editorially independent newspaper. “DoD’s new policy threatens the credibility of Stars and Stripes, and the reliable flow of unbiased news to service members…We […]
PHOENIX – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spent the day with community members, housing experts, and local leaders in Arizona to discuss Arizona’s affordable housing crisis and solutions to lower costs for working families. Senator Gallego started the day by convening his inaugural Housing Advisory Board, bringing together a diverse group of experts to address the state of housing […]
KINGMAN, AZ – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran and member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, held a town hall focused on veterans’ issues in Kingman, Arizona. At the town hall, Gallego highlighted legislation he fought to include in the Senate-passed 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would expand veterans’ […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) led Democrats from the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee in demanding answers over reports that former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisor Corey Lewandowski solicited personal payments from companies in exchange for government contracts. In a series of letters sent to DHS and contractors GEO Group and Salus Worldwide Solutions, the […]
WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published in War on the Rocks this morning, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq, argues that Trump started a war in Iran with no explanation, plan, or endgame, and it’s young working-class Americans who will pay the price. Since the start of Trump’s military action in […]
WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) led their colleagues in a letter pressing the Trump Administration about its decision to ease sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil exports and its lack of planning regarding the economic fallout of President Donald Trump’s war of choice against Iran. Since the war began, the price of U.S. crude […]