WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), condemned the Trump administration’s recent decision to end grants for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). READ MORE: Senador Gallego lidera alerta a gobierno de Trump sobre recortes a universidades que atienden a hispanos (La Opinión) “These programs have long provided critical resources to colleges and universities that serve historically underserved students, and their loss would have far-reaching consequences for institutions, communities, and students across the country,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon. “The abrupt nature of this decision has created significant uncertainty and threatens to undermine decades

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) led their colleagues in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in demanding answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi on why Trump administration officials closed a bribery investigation of White House Border Czar Tom Homan after he allegedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover agents in exchange for promising to deliver federal contracts. The senators are calling on Attorney General Bondi to provide documents and information related to the investigation and whether it was closed prematurely to protect a political ally with close ties to President Donald Trump. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT),

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Tim Scott (R-SC) reintroduced the bipartisan Expanding American Entrepreneurship Act, which would increase the permitted size of angel funds to allow for a higher number of investors in start-up companies. By allowing more individual investors per angel fund and raising the fund’s cap, more investors will be able to invest at a lower rate. This will allow new investors who have less access to capital to invest in start-ups, expanding the funding base for early-stage startups. “Too many promising start-ups hit a wall because they just can’t raise enough money to get their business off the