Press Releases
Bill provides 10% bonus to TSA and DHS workers who kept airports safe without a paycheck WASHINGTON– Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a bill to provide Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who report to work but have not been paid during the shutdown with a 10% bonus upon the […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) demanded answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the administration’s decision to deploy ICE agents to major airports, including Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (PHX). Airport wait times have dramatically increased across the country as Republicans refuse to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). “Delays in our country’s airports caused by this […]
WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act to bring down prices for American families and support small businesses by cracking down on corporate price discrimination. “When suppliers can charge small businesses more than big corporations for the exact same products, […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) slammed the Trump administration for its growing relationship with long-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary. Gallego’s letter mimics one that then-Senator Marco Rubio sent President Trump in 2019 denouncing the U.S.’ growing alliance with Hungary. Vice President JD Vance plans to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for […]
WASHINGTON — Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced legislation to increase access to capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs by modernizing outdated securities regulations. The Small Business Investor Capital Access Act would update federal securities law to allow more small private funds to invest in emerging businesses by adjusting the threshold that determines when private fund advisers must […]
WASHINGTON – Today, after reports of sexual abuse of young women by Cesar Chavez, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement: “Today’s reports are shocking and disappointing about a leader that I for many years had looked up to, like so many Latinos growing up in the U.S. “But as I have said many times this year—no one, […]
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), on DHS’s diversion of federal law enforcement agents to chase conspiracy theories, Stephen Miller’s influence, and failure to consult tribal communities in DHS decisions. Watch Senator […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 40 Senate colleagues in a letter to outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow demanding the Department reduce the delays in processing renewal applications under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Created in 2012, DACA protects […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed the Trump administration to take immediate steps to address rising gas prices in Arizona and explain how its recent decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) will help the Grand Canyon state. Gas prices have spiked in recent weeks following Trump’s war in Iran. Arizonans did not […]
Senators: “Any gap in Title X funding could result in over two million patients losing access to contraception and preventative care, worsen maternal health outcomes, and increase sexually transmitted infections.” WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 38 colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., demanding that […]