Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on Bureau of Land Management nominee Steve Pearce: “Mr. Pearce has a documented history of supporting the sale of public lands and opposing national monuments. “Arizona is home to more than 12 million acres of Bureau of Land Management land, and people from across the country […]
Arizona Democratic Delegation Calls Bureau of Reclamation’s Draft EIS Unworkable for Arizona, Underscore Impact on Tribes, Semiconductor and Agriculture Industries WASHINGTON — Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly and Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-4), Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) raised concerns with the Bureau of Reclamation on the recently released Post-2026 Operational Guidelines and Strategies for Lake Powell and Lake Mead Draft Environmental […]
WASHINGTON – Since President Trump authorized strikes against Iran on Friday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran who fought in Iraq, has been speaking out about the human cost of war with Iran. Through national and local interviews throughout the week, Gallego has underscored that it’s not politicians who pay the ultimate price for regime […]
WASHINGTON – El senador Rubén Gallego, demócrata de Arizona, habló con Univisión Noticias 24/7 ayer sobre la situación en Irán. Mira la entrevista AQUÍ y lee partes claves a continuación: Sobre la razón de ir a la guerra con Irán: “¿Por qué estamos en guerra contra Irán? ¿Qué es el interés nacional de los Estados Unidos? ¿Por qué ya […]
WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined 19 colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) slamming the agency for illegally cancelling energy projects designated under the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund and requesting that the cancelled awards be reinstated. “We write to […]
The Direct File Act would reverse the Trump administration’s decision to cancel Direct File, building on widely successful pilot WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined over 150 lawmakers in introducing the Direct File Act to reinstate and permanently codify the highly successful Direct File program which allowed taxpayers to file their taxes online, for free, and […]
“This president talked about that. He talked about running to end wars and exposing the pedophiles. Now you’re starting wars and covering for pedophiles.” PHOENIX – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ),a Marine Corps combat who fought in Iraq, joined CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash to underscore the human cost of Trump’s illegal war with […]
PHOENIX — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran who fought in Iraq, released the following statement in reaction to President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran. “I watched brave young men die in Iraq for a mission that was never clearly justified to the American people. I came home carrying the weight of that […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) War Powers Resolution to ensure any U.S. participation in hostilities against Iran is explicitly authorized by Congress. The War Powers Resolution is privileged; it was introduced on January 29 and may be called up for a vote on the Senate floor. “I lost friends in Iraq. I […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ),a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Democratic colleagues on the Committee in pressing the U.S. Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate reports that Binance is facilitating illicit finance activities, including transactions linked to Iran and its proxies. Doing so would fail to comply with the […]