ARIZONA – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) visited food banks across Arizona this week to meet with staff and volunteers, learn more about their operations, and thank them for their service to working families ahead of the holiday season. On Monday, Senator Gallego visited the Santa Cruz Valley Food Pantry in Eloy and the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank in Casa Grande. Today, he visited the Nourish Food Distribution Center in Phoenix. Senator Gallego assists volunteers at Santa Cruz Food Bank in Eloy, AZ “One of the things I’ve always asked is: Is demand up? What’s happening? Are you getting enough food? Are you getting

CASA GRANDE – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a Veterans Town Hall in Casa Grande to hear directly from veterans in Congressional District 6 about the challenges they’re facing, from VA cuts to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in American cities. This is Senator Gallego’s fourth Veterans Town Hall.   At the town hall, Senator Gallego spoke about the rise in fraud targeting veterans and encouraged attendees to work with their local Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) to help avoid scams. Representatives from the Arizona Attorney General’s Office were also available to provide attendees with resources. Earlier this year, Senator Gallego supported the Veterans Fraud Reimbursement Actto

WASHINGTON – Following a series of anti-worker actions taken by the Trump Administration, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 44 members of both the House and Senate today sent a series of bicameral letters to the leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) demanding answers about the administration’s rollback of protections from coercive employment agreements, including training repayment agreement provisions (TRAPs). The bicameral letters mark the first time Congress has engaged in an oversight probe into the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle worker protections intended to address the growing use of coercive