ARIZONA – Arizona has reached a historic settlement with Riverview, LLP that will reduce the company’s groundwater use and deliver $11 million to impacted residents for well-drilling, water-hauling and groundwater access.   The agreement follows sustained pressure from then-Representative Ruben Gallego, who previously called on Riverview to improve its water resource management and take responsibility for its impact on Arizona’s groundwater. “Thanks to Attorney General Kris Mayes’ swift action after hearing community members’ concerns about the Douglas and Willcox groundwater basins, Arizona is taking an important step to conserve our state’s precious groundwater resources,” said Senator Gallego. Riverview, a Minnesota-based company, operates a 51,000-acre dairy near Willcox, Arizona.

Gallego: “Whatever you call this moment we are in right now, whatever spin Marco Rubio puts on it, at the end of the day, when people are shooting, that is war.” WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), an Iraq war combat veteran, spoke on the Senate floor today to call out Trump’s dangerous, short-sighted attack in Venezuela this weekend. In his speech, Senator Gallego highlighted the parallels between the administration’s military actions in Venezuela and the lead up to the war in Iraq.   Last month, Senator Gallego introduced a War Powers Resolution that would require the U.S. Armed Forces to cease hostilities against vessels in

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