Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials on the agency’s staffing shortages, Arizona renewable energy projects, and Tribal partnerships. Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE. In his opening remarks, Senator Gallego underscored the dangers of BLM’s staffing crisis, which undermines Arizona’s land management goals. […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) read excerpts of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody’s Girl, on the Senate floor. Watch Senator Gallego’s speech HERE and read it below: “I want us to remember what’s really at stake here. This isn’t about Democrats versus Republicans, it’s about real girls who were hurt, abused, and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and the […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on drug manufacturers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to clarify the companies’ agreement with the Trump administration on anti-obesity medications (AOMs), direct to consumer pricing through the TrumpRx drug purchasing platform, and the implementation of “Most Favored Nation” (MFN) pricing in Medicaid. READ MORE: Gallego demands answers on Eli Lilly’s deal […]
Earlier This Year, GAO Found That Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Head Start Funds WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined 21 Senate colleagues in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding answers regarding delays in disbursing Head Start funds, which the […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat Veteran and member of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, supported a package of bills that would prohibit the deportation of immigrant veterans who are not violent offenders, provide these veterans with a pathway to citizenship through their military service and help ensure they can access the […]
WASHINGTON — Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), and Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) urged Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz to make sure Arizona receives its fair share of funding under the new Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to address long-standing health care challenges in rural communities across the […]
TUCSON – While in Arizona last week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke with Arizonans about rising health care costs, affordability, and veterans’ issues. On 12 News’ Sunday Square Off with Brahm Resnik, Senator Gallego spoke about the fallout of the Republicans’ government shutdown and his continued fight to extend the ACA premium tax credits, as well as the latest on […]
TUCSON – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran and member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, spent time in Tucson honoring former Army Sergeant Jose Valdenegro, a local Iraq and Afghanistan veteran. Sgt. Valdenegro served in the U.S. Army from 2006 to 2016 as a Fire Support Specialist. In 2009, an IED explosion near […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) hosted a health care town hall in Congressional District 6 to hear directly from Arizonans struggling with skyrocketing health care premiums following Republicans’ failure to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits. Senator Gallego challenged Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06) to come to the town hall and explain these skyrocketing costs to his constituents. Ciscomani did not […]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds help 6.2 million low-income households and seniors on fixed incomes afford their energy bills WASHINGTON – As temperatures begin to drop – with snow on the forecast across Northern Arizona next week – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and a bipartisan group of 31 Senators called on the Department of Health and Human […]