Press Releases
Senator asks GAO for legal opinion, kicking off the process for Congress to repeal the Trump administration’s sweeping new policy forcing immigrants to leave the U.S. to apply for green cards WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), kicking off the process to potentially repeal the Trump Administration’s new […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced he’s working on a plan to rebuild the middle class. He is sharing his framework for the plan and inviting the public to share their ideas. “I’m committed to building an economy that works for working people. That means bringing down costs. It also means addressing the other side of affordability: wage […]
Legislation would close the ‘borrow’ aspect of the ‘buy, borrow, die’ tax loophole used by the ultra-wealthy to avoid paying capital gains or income tax WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the Redistribution Of Billions by Instituting New High-income Obligations on Overlooked Debt (ROBINHOOD) Act to close the ‘borrow’ aspect of the ‘buy, borrow, die’ tax loophole that […]
Arizona lawmakers demand answers – and a pause – before the Trump administration eliminates the only health office serving 28,000 Native patients in Southern Arizona WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representative Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) sent a letter to the Indian Health Service (IHS) demanding it halt plans to shut down the […]
Senator Speaks at Black Sea Security Forum, Tours ADM Grain Facility, Superhumans Prosthetics Center, and Novoodeska Energy Substation ODESA – This weekend, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) traveled to Odesa, Ukraine to attend the Black Sea Security Forum (BSSF) and conduct site visits to critical infrastructure supporting Ukraine’s wartime economy and recovery. On Saturday, prior to […]
Senator Met with Spanish Government and Business Leaders SPAIN – This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) traveled to Spain for an official visit to strengthen the transatlantic relationship. He met with Spanish government and business leaders in Bilbao and Madrid to discuss defense industrial cooperation, clean energy, trade, and the NATO alliance. Bilbao Senator Gallego began the […]
“There are many ways to improve housing affordability for Americans, and implementing an arbitrary, punitive proposal to kick families out of housing and cut off their benefits at a time when housing is more unaffordable than ever is not one of them.” WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban […]
Push to Advance Housing Policy Comes in NAHASDA’s 30TH Anniversary Year WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is backing the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act, comprehensive legislation to reauthorize and modernize federal housing programs serving Native Americans. The bipartisan legislation updates and reauthorizes the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), the primary federal law […]
GAO confirmed WISeR pilot program is currently functioning illegally across 6 states, including Arizona, and requires oversight from Congress WASHINGTON – This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn a new pilot program that is using artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct prior authorization in Traditional Medicare to deny or delay certain procedures […]
WASHINGTON – This week, during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee budget hearing,Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pushed Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Doug Collins on how the President’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget will impact VA research opportunities into innovative therapies to treat conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder, and depression. He also questioned the […]