Press Releases

Gallego, Kelly, Stanton, Ansari Respond to New Reports Detailing Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on Arizona Families

WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3), responded to two new reports released by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and the Arizona Chamber Foundation outlining the devastating impact that Medicaid cuts proposed by Trump and Republicans would have on Arizona families, seniors, people with disabilities, and the state’s health care system.   The two reports show that nearly two million Arizonans rely on Medicaid for health coverage—including more than 750,000 children, over 72,000 seniors and people with long-term care needs, and hundreds of thousands of low-income adults, many of whom work in industries like food service, caregiving,

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Gallego, Schiff Demand Investigation into Potential Insider Trading and Corruption Ahead of Trump’s Tariff Pause

After President Trump previewed his delay of tariffs on Truth Social, Gallego and Schiff raise alarm on potential for self-enrichment by Trump family and White House officials who knew of impending announcement WASHINGTON — Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) demanded that the White House provide information about potential violations of federal ethics and insider trading laws prior to President Donald Trump’s announcement yesterday pausing the implementation of some of his previously announced steep and widespread tariffs or prior to previous announcements of changes in tariff policy.  The Senators also demanded that the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) investigate potential conflicts of interest, including whether any White House or

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Gallego, Colleagues Demand Investigation of Use of Signal and Gmail by Senior Trump Administration Officials

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Democrat colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are calling for an immediate investigation into the use of personal Gmail accounts and Signal chats by senior Trump Administration officials to conduct official government business, including the transmission of sensitive and possibly classified information about military operations.   Federal cybersecurity and records preservation laws prohibit the use of personal accounts or unsecure commercial platforms to conduct government business. The senators’ request follows revelations that key administration officials used Signal and its disappearing message features while communicating sensitive information about an airstrike in Yemen, and that national security advisor Michael Waltz

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