WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 29 Senate colleagues in urging the Senate Committee on Appropriations to fund the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program at a minimum of $270 million for Fiscal Year 2026.   Amid a nationwide shortage of police officers, the COPS Hiring Program is critical for keeping communities safe and reducing taxpayer costs related to crime by providing funding directly to law enforcement agencies to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. “The COPS Hiring Program represents a fiscally responsible solution to ensure that our communities remain safe. CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and colleagues from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee urged the U.S. Department of the Interior Acting Inspector General (IG) Caryl Brzymialkiewicz to evaluate the extent to which  the Trump Administration’s workforce reductions at the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) prevent the agency from fulfilling its statutory mission and implementing relevant programs and activities authorized by Congress. “Recent reductions in workforce significantly threaten BOR’s ability to safely and reliably deliver water to communities and farmers, keep waterways flowing for fish and wildlife across the western United States, and produce reliable electricity,” the senators began.  The BOR is the largest wholesale

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) supported two bipartisan bills, the VA Home Loan Awareness Act and the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, to make it easier for those who have served their communities and our country to buy a home.   “The teachers, first responders, and veterans who serve Arizona and our nation are invaluable, but too often, they struggle to afford a home. Their work makes the American dream possible for others; they should be able to achieve it too,” said Sentor Gallego. “That’s why I’m proud to support these bills to make homeownership more accessible for the people who teach our kids,