WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) urged the Trump administration to reverse its immigration policies that are discouraging international visitors and threatening millions of American jobs and small businesses that rely on foreign tourism. “I write to express concern regarding the impact your administration’s aggressive, chaotic, and restrictive immigration policies are having on the nation’s tourism and travel industry,” Senator Gallego wrote in a letter to President Trump, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “International tourists spend billions in local communities across the country each year. This spending supports American jobs in the hospitality, restaurant, bartending, tour, event, retail,

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jerry Moran (R-KS)introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) program by increasing the Section 5307 grant allotment – which the STIC program utilizes – from 3 percent to 5 percent to help increase the efficiency and capacity of public transportation in communities with populations between 50,000 and 200,000. The allotment does not necessitate an increase in federal spending; it simply allocates existing funding where it is needed most and rewards high-performing STIC participants.  “Small urban areas like Flagstaff, Sierra Vista, and Yuma are doing all they can to keep up with

ARIZONA – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) visited food banks across Arizona this week to meet with staff and volunteers, learn more about their operations, and thank them for their service to working families ahead of the holiday season. On Monday, Senator Gallego visited the Santa Cruz Valley Food Pantry in Eloy and the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Casa Grande. Today, he visited the Nourish Food Distribution Center in Phoenix. Senator Gallego assists volunteers at Santa Cruz Food Bank in Eloy, AZ “One of the things I’ve always asked is: Is demand up? What’s happening? Are you getting enough food? Are you getting