WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Democratic Senators from the three Lower Colorado Basin states in urging the Department of the Interior to immediately lift its freeze of Inflation Reduction Act funding for the Lower Colorado River System Conservation and Efficiency Program. The Senators criticized the Trump Administration’s day-one executive order halting all Inflation Reduction Act disbursements, including the $4 billion passed by Congress for water management and conservation efforts in the Colorado River Basin and other drought-stricken areas in the West.   “This Program, funded with an initial allocation through the Inflation Reduction Act and managed through the Bureau of Reclamation, has been instrumental in increasing

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran and member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined a group of Democratic senators urging the Trump Administration to protect the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) from deep staffing cuts at Veterans Affairs (VA) and return to office orders that will impact this critical service for veterans in crisis. The letter comes as reports show that the VA has fired 2,400 employees, including VCL staff, threatening lifesaving mental health services for Arizona’s 500,000+ veterans.  “We write to you out of concern for the ability of the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) to continue to provide critical support

PHOENIX – This weekend, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a roundtable discussion with leaders of healthcare organizations to examine the potentially devastating cuts to Medicaid and their far-reaching impact on Arizona families and health care providers. This comes after Senator Gallego has been hearing directly from Arizonans on how they would be affected by these cuts. See coverage below:  On the Airwaves KTVK (Phoenix, AZ): Reporter: “Concern is growing for healthcare leaders gathered at a roundtable with Senator Ruben Gallego on Saturday morning discussing the future of Medicaid.” […] Senator Gallego: “There is no way you can honestly be doing your job and do these cuts to Medicaid to the poorest of