ARIZONA – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) heard directly from Arizonans at town halls in Globe and Apache Junction. In Globe, Senator Gallego spoke about issues disproportionately harming rural communities, like limited access to good-paying jobs, affordable housing, public broadcasting, and education funding. He also criticized the GOP and Trump administration’s policies that hit rural areas hardest – like reckless tariffs that raise prices and cost American jobs, and Republicans’ so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Rural residents are more likely to receive health coverage through Medicaid, known in Arizona as AHCCCS, and food assistance through SNAP – both of which were dramatically cut in the bill.   “The

WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) condemned the recent transfer of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell from FCI Tallahassee, a low security federal prison, to FPC Bryan, a minimum-security prison camp in Texas. The transfer occurred shortly after Maxwell met privately with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – Trump’s former personal lawyer – to discuss individuals associated with Jeffrey Epstein. The Senators note that the Department of Justice has yet to provide any clear explanation for the decision, raising serious concerns about whether Maxwell is receiving preferential treatment. “Given the serious nature of Ms. Maxwell’s crimes, which include a conviction and 20-year sentence

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