WASHINGTON—El senador por Arizona, el demócrata Rubén Gallego, emitió la siguiente declaración: “El congresista Juan Ciscomani no está en Washington porque está protegiendo a los pedófilos en la lista de Epstein. Hubo al menos 15 víctimas latinas de Epstein, y la mayoría eran inmigrantes que necesitaban dinero. Tenemos que llevar ante la justicia a los perpetradores que se aprovecharon de niñas menores de edad.   “En lugar de enfrentar el problema de la explotación sexual en nuestra comunidad y votar para publicar los archivos de Epstein, Ciscomani se está escondiendo. Se está escondiendo porque no quiere extender los subsidios para las primas de Obamacare. Se

Holiday travelers could face higher costs and fewer rights thanks to Trump’s consumer protection rollbacks WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 17 Senate colleagues urged the DOT to reconsider its decision to roll back consumer protections for airline passengers that built on the bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act. Specifically, Trump’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is rolling back protections created by the Biden administration that would require airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays and cancellations and provide consumers transparent information upfront about the costs of ancillary plane ticket fees. DOT’s actions to roll back these protections would make American families vulnerable to excessive travel costs. “Last year,

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined all Banking Committee Democrats in sending a letter to Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russell Vought raising concerns about new evidence that he plans to illegally shut down the CFPB. The agency has returned over $21 billion directly to Americans cheated or scammed by Wall Street and giant corporations, and a federal court has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting a shutdown. In a recent interview, however, Vought announced that he plans to “close down” the CFPB “within the next two or three months.”   “These comments are particularly concerning given that a federal court has specifically