Press Releases
ARIZONA – Last week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) traveled across Phoenix and Yuma County to hear directly from Arizonans, meet with local leaders, and host a town hall on workforce and immigration issues. In Phoenix on Tuesday, Senator Gallego spoke with small business owners and local community leaders at an event hosted by the Tempe Chamber of Commerce. Gallego […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on attending President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address: “This administration continues to disregard the rule of law and the Constitution while failing to lower costs for American families. I have more productive ways to spend two hours than listening to more lies. I’ll pass.”
YUMA – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined workers in Yuma County to harvest produce with the Growers Company, at a local lettuce farm. Yuma, the “Winter Lettuce Capital of the World,” produces 90% of the U.S.’ leafy greens from November to April. The workers start their day by waking up at 2 a.m. to travel to the lettuce […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and 167 of their colleagues in introducing the Healthy Families Act to guarantee paid sick leave for workers. “For many Americans living paycheck to paycheck, getting sick doesn’t just mean not feeling well, it means worrying about whether they’ll be able to pay that […]
WASHINGTON – Following recent moves by the Trump administration’s Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) to cease counting health benefits when conducting cost-benefit analysis for Clean Air Act rules and to repeal the endangerment finding that underpins the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has joined dozens of his colleagues in pushing back and demanding answers. “This administration […]
“This is a toxic mix of actions that leaves our banking system vulnerable to more bailouts and financial crashes, which will harm American families already struggling in President Trump’s economy.” WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, along with colleagues on the Banking Committee, […]
SAN LUIS – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) fielded questions in both English and Spanish at a town hall in San Luis, Arizona focused on immigration and workforce issues impacting border communities. “I don’t have to tell you what we’ve seen in the streets. It is chaos that’s being done by ICE. […] A lot of people, [when] […]
Lawmakers urge CFTC to follow the law and maintain prohibition on listing prediction contracts involving gaming and sports WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined over 20 Democratic colleagues to urge Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig to abstain from intervening in pending litigation involving prediction markets and to maintain the Commission’s prohibition on CFTC-registered […]
WASHINGTON – Last week, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the Accelerating Reliable Capacity (ARC) Act. The ARC Act would establish a risk reduction program for new commercial nuclear reactors. The ARC Act has received significant support from industry leaders. Here’s what they are saying: Third Way: “Over a decade ago, Third Way launched a campaign to create the policies needed to commercialize advanced […]
MUNICH – This weekend, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) attended the Munich Security Conference, where he met with foreign defense ministers and outlined a comprehensive North–South economic and security strategy to strengthen the Western Hemisphere and counter China’s expanding global leverage. During the conference, Gallego met with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Norwegian Prime […]