Press Releases
The ambitious framework focuses on affordability, reliability, innovation, and creating good-paying jobs WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Energy Subcommittee, is unveiling his vision for America’s energy future. At a time when energy costs are rising at twice the rate of inflation, Senator Gallego’s plan, “Fostering American Energy Innovation […]
WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources’ Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee held a hearing on Senator Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act. The bill provides recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries by identifying gaps and opportunities in current federal rules and regulations and […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 11 Senate colleagues demanded urgent answers from U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz regarding the agency’s wildfire risk reduction efforts across the West and nation. Their inquiry follows an independent analysis of publicly available data indicating that the Forest Service is approximately 38 percent behind on hazardous fuels […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) backs the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services (TREATS) Act, a bipartisan bill that strengthens access to addiction treatment services through telehealth. The legislation would make permanent the telehealth flexibilities that allowed patients to receive life-saving addiction treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The opioid and fentanyl epidemic has devastated Arizona […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) demanded clarity on Amazon’s mass corporate layoffs amid the company’s strong financial performance. Last month, the company announced that it plans to terminate 14,000 positions despite increasing revenue and share prices. Public reporting suggests total layoffs may reach 30,000 and the company acknowledges potential AI-caused worker displacement. “Recent […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) urged the Trump administration to reverse its immigration policies that are discouraging international visitors and threatening millions of American jobs and small businesses that rely on foreign tourism. “I write to express concern regarding the impact your administration’s aggressive, chaotic, and restrictive immigration policies are having on the nation’s tourism […]
WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jerry Moran (R-KS)introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) program by increasing the Section 5307 grant allotment – which the STIC program utilizes – from 3 percent to 5 percent to help increase the efficiency and capacity of public transportation in communities […]
ARIZONA – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) visited food banks across Arizona this week to meet with staff and volunteers, learn more about their operations, and thank them for their service to working families ahead of the holiday season. On Monday, Senator Gallego visited the Santa Cruz Valley Food Pantry in Eloy and the St. Vincent de […]
CASA GRANDE – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a Veterans Town Hall in Casa Grande to hear directly from veterans in Congressional District 6 about the challenges they’re facing, from VA cuts to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in American cities. This is Senator Gallego’s fourth Veterans Town Hall. At the town hall, Senator Gallego […]
WASHINGTON – Following a series of anti-worker actions taken by the Trump Administration, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 44 members of both the House and Senate today sent a series of bicameral letters to the leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) […]