WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) introduced the HUD-USDA-VA Interagency Coordination Act, which would encourage greater inter-governmental coordination to address the rising cost and limited supply of housing in communities in Arizona and across the country.    “Addressing the housing affordability crisis in this country requires a whole-of-government response. But right now, the federal agencies that deal with housing aren’t working together as efficiently as they should,” said Senator Gallego. “I’m glad to work across the aisle to introduce this commonsense legislation to ensure veterans and rural communities get the housing support they deserve.”   Arizona has a significant housing affordability problem.

WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly introduced the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Parity Act of 2025 to ensure that federal home energy assistance is distributed equitably, so that states facing extreme heat disasters and growing populations like Arizona receive their fair share. The legislation builds on Gallego’s work to reform the LIHEAP formula as a member of the House.   LIHEAP is the federal government’s primary program for helping low-income households pay their energy bills. However, outdated provisions mean that LIHEAP funding unfairly benefits cold-weather states. These provisions were meant to ease the transition to a fairer formula, but instead, they’ve locked in long-term funding

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the Digital Assets Subcommittee, issued the following statement on his vote against cloture for the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act: “Over the past few days, we engaged in meaningful, bipartisan discussions to get the GENIUS Act to a place that could be supported by Democrats and Republicans, alike. However, legislation of this scope and importance cannot be rushed. “I went to the floor and asked for more time to negotiate, without delaying the bill’s timeline for final passage. Republicans refused. Without more time to at least finish the bill