Bicameral legislation would provide a major expansion of family-building services—from IVF to adoption assistance—covered by DoD and VA WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) backed the Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2025. This legislation would expand the fertility treatments and family-building services that are covered under servicemembers’ and veterans’ health care to include—among other things—in vitro fertilization (IVF) and adoption assistance, for servicemembers and veterans who are unable to conceive without assistance, and the option for individuals to freeze their eggs or sperm ahead of deployment to a combat zone. “Our servicemembers and veterans shouldn’t have to give up the dream of having a family,” said Senator Gallego. “They’ve

WASHINGTON – Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced he is supporting the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, legislation that would update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act.   This legislation is especially relevant in Texas where, following historic disapproval of Congressional Republicans’ tax bill, Texas state lawmakers are looking to add five additional Republican House seats. The move comes in direct response to President Trump’s fears that voters may flip the House in the 2026 midterms. “The Voting Rights Act used to be a point of pride for both parties. In 2006, Republicans

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran, helped secure key priorities for service members and veterans in Arizona and nationwide in this year’s Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilCon-VA) Appropriations bill, one of three bills included in the first funding package advanced by the Senate for fiscal year 2026 (FY26). The legislation includes Gallego-led provisions to expand access to health care and suicide prevention resources, invest in mental health and addiction treatment, protect survivor benefits, support veteran housing, and support Arizona military construction projects like the Luke AFB Child Development Center.   “At a time when our VA is under attack, I’m proud