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Gallego Marks One Year in the Senate Fighting for Arizonans
In first year, Gallego introduced the most bills of any freshman Democratic Senator Gallego hosted eleven town halls across Arizona WASHINGTON – Finishing his first year in office, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)released the following statement: “I know this year hasn’t been easy for working families or for our country. The cost of groceries and energy rose dramatically, Republicans raised health care costs for millions of Americans, Trump took a wrecking ball to the federal services that millions of Americans rely on, and this administration’s cruel immigration practices tore families apart and caused chaos in our communities. But from day one, I’ve made it my mission to
Gallego, Booker, Whitehouse Push Administration to Ensure Tariff Exemptions Actually Result in Lowering Grocery Costs
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson questioning how the Commission is working to ensure grocery companies do not use this Administration’s reckless tariff policies as cover for price gouging and that the recently announced tariff exemptions on coffee, bananas, cocoa, and other tropical products actually result in lower grocery prices. “It was a necessary but late step to remove these tariffs. However, while eliminating these tariffs reduces costs for grocery importers, we are concerned that consumers may not see the full corresponding price decreases,” the Senators wrote. “We are concerned that
Amid Holiday Shopping Season, Gallego, Bipartisan Group Of Colleagues Push FTC to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing
Earlier this year, the FTC curtailed a study that sought to examine companies’ use of individualized data to set individualized prices Last week, Senator Gallego introduced first-of-its-kind Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing WASHINGTON – Today, in the thick of the holiday shopping season, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) in pushing the Trump administration to crack down on surveillance pricing, or prices that are specially tailored to an individual consumer’s willingness to pay. As part of this letter, the senators highlight a 2024 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study that found companies used “a wide range of personal data to set