Press Releases
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 […]
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed senior banking regulators on how they vet bank charter applicants, including Trump family venture World Liberty Financial, questioned whether political connections influence the process, and why the National Credit Union Agency (NCUA) rolled back overdraft fee transparency. Watch Senator […]
WASHINGTON – Today Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke at a press conference with Senate Democrats on Trump’s Department of Justice continuous attempts to block the release of the Epstein files. “What the Republicans are proving right now, with the help of Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, is that if you are part of the Epstein class […]
WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published in The Hill, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) outlines a plan to lower prescription drug prices by fixing a system that allows savings to disappear before they reach patients. “Big announcements don’t lower your pharmacy bill,” Gallego writes. “Savings don’t count if families never see them.” After the Trump administration announced new agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers to […]