WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) supported the Stop the Scammers Act to restore critical Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) funding and authorize the CFPB to reward whistleblowers who report wrongdoing.   This legislation follows the passage of the Republican tax bill, which slashed CFPB funding in half and removed vital protections for victims of scams and fraud and people experiencing unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices from financial institutions. “The Republican tax bill was a gift to ultra-wealthy corporations at the expense of working families. By slashing CFBP funding, it gave scammers and shady businesses a free pass to rip people off,” said Senator Gallego. “This bill restores the

In Absence of Transparency from the Trump Administration and Action from Congressional Republicans, Committee Democrats Assert Oversight Authority WASHINGTON—Senator Gallego (D-AZ), Democratic members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Security Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are pressing the Justice Department to fulfill President Trump’s promise to provide transparency to the American people by releasing documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the senators assert their oversight authority to compel the Justice Department to produce all documents, files and other materials in the department’s possession and to ensure the production protects information related to victims. The

Senator Also Advances Legislation to Ban Stock Trading by Public Officials WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously voted to advance Senator Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) Shadow Wolves Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill to strengthen border security and expand career opportunities for Native American law enforcement agents on tribal lands. “The chaos at our southern border has harmed Arizona communities and caused a dangerous rise in illicit smuggling, especially on tribal lands like the Tohono O’odham Nation. This has stretched tribal law enforcement thin and diverted them from doing their primary jobs of policing their streets. That’s why the Shadow Wolves program is