“It is critical that the American people trust that their hard-earned dollars are being used to improve their lives—not to enrich government officials and their cronies.” WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Gary Peters (D-MI) called for an investigation into recent reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) improperly awarded $220 million for a taxpayer-funded advertising campaign to companies with close ties to Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior DHS officials. “We write to request that you initiate a formal investigation into disturbing reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) improperly awarded non-competitive contracts to companies with close ties to

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Jonathan Capehart for a talk entitled ‘Future of the Democratic Party’ at the 15th Annual NewDEAL Leaders Conference. The Senator emphasized meeting voters where they are, gave advice to new and prospective elected officials, and spoke about January 6. On Democrats’ 2025 victories and how to win competitive races: “What I saw with Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger is that they decided they’re going to win and they’re going to figure out how to get there. And it wasn’t exactly what maybe some people in our overall coalition would like, but they did it, and they focused on what the

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 41 Senate colleagues called on Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner to immediately halt reported plans to make drastic changes to the Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which could result in nearly 200,000 Americans being forced out of their housing and back into homelessness. Maricopa County stands to lose $32 million in federal aid and nearly 1,400 housing units under the policy changes. The senators called on Secretary Turner to instead use the authorities that Congress already gave him to expeditiously renew existing CoC grants for fiscal year 2025 to prevent massive disruption and frightening uncertainty