WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly announced that Yuma Elementary School District One has been awarded an $8,030,235 grant to build a new school facility for James D. Price Elementary School. The current building has leaks in various classroom ceilings, a loud buzzing rooftop air conditioner, and it also lacks a cafeteria. “Military children deserve a safe place to go to school and learn – not one that is crumbling. I fought to secure this funding because students deserve safe classrooms, teachers deserve the resources to do their jobs – things they should have already had all along,” said Senator Ruben Gallego. “Rebuilding this school isn’t just

WASHINGTON – This week, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the Energy Subcommittee, questioned Trump administration nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on how they plan to ensure reliable, affordable energy at a time when energy prices are increasing at twice the rate of inflation. Watch Senator Gallego’s full remarks HERE. In the face of rising energy demand and the need to boost energy production, Senator Gallego began his questioning by asking nominees David LaCerte and Laura Swett about their commitment to grid reliability, which can be a matter of life and death in Arizona and

Bill comes as Trump and Republicans in Congress continue to falsely claim their tax bill eliminated taxes on Social Security benefits WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the You Earn It, You Keep It Act to eliminate federal taxes on Social Security benefits, without impacting the Social Security Trust Fund. “Like a lot of Americans, I’ve been paying into Social Security since my first job at fourteen. But despite decades of paying into the system, seniors are still forced to pay taxes on their hard-earned benefits – all while the ultra-wealthy barley pay into the system at all,” said Senator Gallego. “Trump claimed