Senator Gallego Pressed Senate Colleagues to Demand DOJ Release the Epstein Files WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke on the Senate floor on his resolution calling on the Justice Department to release its files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) objected and blocked unanimous consent of the resolution. Watch Senator Gallego’s speech HERE. Read the speech below: “Mr. President, “I am introducing this resolution to require the Department of Justice to release its files related to Jeffrey Epstein.   “For years, Donald Trump and the MAGA movement have railed on about the Epstein files. They’ve told the American people that they were

WASHINGTON — Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly introduced legislation to rename the federal building located at 300 West Congress Street in Tucson as the “Raúl M. Grijalva Federal Building,” honoring the life and legacy of the late Arizona Congressman. Companion legislation was introduced in the House by Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), and Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09). “Congressman Grijalva was a giant not just in Southern Arizona politics, but as a voice for equality across the country. He inspired generations of Latinos, including me, to serve and showed everyone what it means to lead with heart, principle, and humility,” said Senator Gallego. “Renaming the Tucson Federal Building

WASHINGTON — Today on the Senate floor, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) will attempt to block the Trump administration’s proposed rescissions package from cutting funding for public broadcasting stations that serve rural areas and Tribal communities. “Cutting funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would devastate local public media, especially for stations in rural and Tribal Arizona,” said Senator Gallego. “We shouldn’t pull the rug out from under the communities that depend on public media the most. That’s why I’m fighting to protect rural and Tribal communities from these dangerous cuts.” The Trump rescissions package proposes slashing $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which helps sustain the