WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly introduced the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Parity Act of 2025 to ensure that federal home energy assistance is distributed equitably, so that states facing extreme heat disasters and growing populations like Arizona receive their fair share. The legislation builds on Gallego’s work to reform the LIHEAP formula as a member of the House.   LIHEAP is the federal government’s primary program for helping low-income households pay their energy bills. However, outdated provisions mean that LIHEAP funding unfairly benefits cold-weather states. These provisions were meant to ease the transition to a fairer formula, but instead, they’ve locked in long-term funding

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the Digital Assets Subcommittee, issued the following statement on his vote against cloture for the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act: “Over the past few days, we engaged in meaningful, bipartisan discussions to get the GENIUS Act to a place that could be supported by Democrats and Republicans, alike. However, legislation of this scope and importance cannot be rushed. “I went to the floor and asked for more time to negotiate, without delaying the bill’s timeline for final passage. Republicans refused. Without more time to at least finish the bill

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Gallego (D-AZ) joined members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation in writing to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to demand that the administration reverse their proposed staffing and benefits cuts to the VA. The letter was also signed by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03). “We write with concern about reports that the Veterans Affairs (VA) Phoenix Health Care System plans to lay off 15% of its staff—around 800 employees—including providers and support staff as part of VA’s planned reduction in force,” the lawmakers write. “This will lead to delays in care that will hurt Arizona veterans and erode