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WATCH: Senator Gallego Reads Excerpts from Epstein Survivor’s Memoir on Senate Floor

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) read excerpts of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody’s Girl, on the Senate floor. Watch Senator Gallego’s speech HERE and read it below: “I want us to remember what’s really at stake here. This isn’t about Democrats versus Republicans, it’s about real girls who were hurt, abused, and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and the powerful people who surrounded him. “One of those girls was Virginia Roberts Giuffre. She was forced to stay silent for years, but today, I want to let her speak in her own words.   “Virginia was just sixteen when she started working at Mar-a-Lago, where she met Epstein’s recruiter,

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Gallego Presses Eli Lily, Novo Nordisk on Secret Trump Drug Pricing Deal

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on drug manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to clarify the companies’ agreement with the Trump administration on anti-obesity medications (AOMs), direct to consumer pricing through the TrumpRx drug purchasing platform, and the implementation of “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) pricing in Medicaid. READ MORE: Gallego demands answers on Eli Lilly’s deal with Trump (The Hill) “To date, only sparse details have been provided despite the significance of this arrangement for millions of patients,” Senator Gallego wrote in letters to Eli Lilly Chair and CEO David Ricks and Novo Nordisk CEO Mike Doustdar. “While I support the expansion of Medicare coverage for anti-obesity

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Gallego, Colleagues Demand Answers on Unlawful Head Start Funding Delays Worsened by Shutdown

Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 21 Senate colleagues in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding answers regarding delays in disbursing Head Start funds, which the Government Accountability Office found violated the Impoundment Control Act.   In the letter, the senators highlight how these delays, worsened by the government shutdown, forced programs to reduce services, temporarily close classrooms, lay off staff, and left thousands of children and families without critical early learning and family support. Further,

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