Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) led colleagues in demanding answers from Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian after the company announced its plans to ramp up use of AI to set individualized, surveillance-based fares. Their plan not only presents data privacy concerns but will likely increase prices up to each individual consumer’s personal ‘pain […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined a bipartisan group of Senators in a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, urging swift action to disburse congressionally-appropriated funding from the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. The letter calls for transparency and timeliness in deploying the $324 million allocated in the Fiscal […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee and a Marine combat veteran, supported legislation to make certain the rate of disability compensation and other financial benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans and military survivors keep pace with rising costs and inflation. The Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a resolution reaffirming that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has no authority to arrest, detain, interrogate, or deport U.S. citizens. “ICE exists to enforce immigration law, so it should be a no-brainer: U.S. citizens can’t be detained by ICE. But in Trump’s America, citizens are being thrown into […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) supported the Stop the Scammers Act to restore critical Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) funding and authorize the CFPB to reward whistleblowers who report wrongdoing. This legislation follows the passage of the Republican tax bill, which slashed CFPB funding in half and removed vital protections for victims of scams and fraud […]
In Absence of Transparency from the Trump Administration and Action from Congressional Republicans, Committee Democrats Assert Oversight Authority WASHINGTON—Senator Gallego (D-AZ), Democratic members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Security Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are pressing the Justice Department to fulfill President Trump’s promise to provide transparency to the American people by releasing […]
Senator Also Advances Legislation to Ban Stock Trading by Public Officials WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously voted to advance Senator Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) Shadow Wolves Improvement Act, a bipartisan bill to strengthen border security and expand career opportunities for Native American law enforcement agents on tribal lands. “The chaos at our […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and John Fetterman (D-PA) reintroduced the Fight for the American Dream Act, which allows participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to serve in the United States military and provides them a pathway toward U.S. citizenship after their service. The legislation also streamlines the military naturalization process by establishing a […]
WASHINGTON –Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Justice (R-WV) introduced the Keep Call Centers in America Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure when Americans call a call center, they can speak to a human located in the U.S. READ MORE: New bill aims to protect American call center jobs and consumers from AI “If you’re calling customer service, chances are your […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Gallego (D-AZ) voted to advance a landmark bipartisan housing package during a historic Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ legislative markup. This is the committee’s first bipartisan housing markup in almost two decades. The ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, which unanimously passed out of committee with bipartisan support, includes Senator Gallego’s measures […]