Press Releases
Planned tax would raise prices at the grocery store, cost American jobs PHOENIX – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) demanded the Trump administration reverse its recently announced decision to withdraw from the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement. Withdrawing from the agreement would effectively place a 21 percent tax on tomato imports from Mexico. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced that he is once again backing the bipartisan, bicameral Invest to Protect Act of 2025 to help small and mid-sized police departments, including Tribal police departments, recruit and provide safety training, de-escalation training, and mental health support for their officers. Gallego previously supported the legislation in the 117th Congress. “Arizona’s smaller […]
As Americans file their taxes, refunds likely to face delays due to DOGE cuts PHOENIX – On Tax Day, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is recommitting to advancing a tax policy that supports working people over billionaires. This comes as reckless cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are likely to slow customer service and […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senate Democrats in sending an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away from hungry families in order to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. After promising to lower prices for families, Republicans in Congress are instead raising grocery costs and making […]
Lawmakers: “Leaving this program unstaffed is unacceptable and endangers the lives of countless Americans.” WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), are demanding answers from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about the abrupt termination of all employees responsible for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that […]
BRATISLAVA – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Defense Minister Robert Kalinak, and State Secretary Marek Estok on April 12th to discuss key issues facing Slovakia and the broader region. During the meeting, Senator Gallego reiterated the importance of Slovakia’s continued support for Ukraine in the face of Russian […]
WASHINGTON — Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dave McCormick (R-PA), and Katie Britt (R-AL) introduced the bipartisan Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA) to help homeless disabled veterans access crucial housing support. The bill would permanently exclude veterans’ disability payments from annual income for housing assistance eligibility purposes under the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing […]
Senator Gallego: “Trump just showed us a master class in insider trading. This is corruption at the highest level.” WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) demanded answers about possible violations of federal ethics and insider trading laws tied to President Trump’s sudden change in tariff policy. Today, Senator Gallego also called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly urged President Donald Trump to expedite the completion and maintain full funding to modernize land ports of entry in Arizona to lower wait times and stem the flow of illegal drugs. In particular, the senators highlight the San Luis Port of Entry modernization project, the construction of a new commercial Port […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and a group of 20 Senate colleagues called on the Trump administration and its so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to stop their harmful attacks to the Social Security Administration (SSA). This comes in the wake of the Trump administration’s repeated actions to weaken the SSA, which include staffing cuts, plans […]