WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke on the Senate floor today alongside many of his Democratic Senate colleagues on the five-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol insurrection. In his speech, Senator Gallego called out the Administration’s decision to grant military funeral honors for one of the insurrectionists, Ashli Babbitt. In September, Senator Gallego, a Marine Corps combat veteran, condemned the decision and introduced a resolution to block Babbitt from receiving the honors. Yesterday, he introduced an amendment to the Senate Defense Appropriations bill to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for Babbitt’s military funeral honors. Read his remarks below: Today marks five years since January 6th — the day

WASHINGTON – On the five-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced an amendment to the Senate Defense Appropriations bill to prohibit the use of taxpayer funds for military funeral honors to insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt. “Five years ago today, a violent mob stormed the capitol to overturn our democracy. I was on the House floor on January 6, and I remember hearing the pounding on the doors, seeing my colleagues barricading the doors with furniture, and fearing for our lives. This decision to grant one of those insurrectionists, Ashli Babbitt, full military honors, including a military burial, is indefensible

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) led 29 Senators in sending a letter to President Trump, Secretary Noem, and Attorney General Bondi demanding answers on the impact of the administration’s decision to pull thousands of federal law enforcement agents away from their work keeping dangerous criminals off the streets and reassign them to arrest, detain, and deport primarily non-violent immigrants. “You have pulled agents away from some of the federal government’s most critical criminal investigations, weakening the very work that ensures public safety. In a world in which we must prioritize the use of limited resources, an agent arresting non-violent immigrants necessarily means one less