Press Releases
TUSCON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly applauded a $32 million grant awarded to Tucson International Airport by the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to continue construction of the airport’s Airfield Safety Enhancement Program, which will add a second full-length runway to the airport. This phase will shift the existing runway to bring the airport into compliance with current safety standards. […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and eight senators will introduce the Ending Presidential Corruption in Banking Act following the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) approval of the Trump crypto company bank charter. The bill would ensure that no […]
“We Need to Visit the USS Lincoln to Make Sure Hegseth is Not Lying to Us” WASHINGTON—In case you missed it, yesterday U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) continued to raise the alarm about the dismal reported conditions on the USS Lincoln. During interviews and on social media, he discussed the official oversight visit he is seeking and the military spouse he is […]
GRAHAM COUNTY, Ariz. — This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) made his first official visit to Graham and Greenlee counties, meeting with the people who keep these rural communities moving and hearing firsthand what they need to continue building a strong future. “Rural Arizona is not an afterthought,” said Senator Gallego. “These communities are the backbone of our state. […]
ARIZONA – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq, released the following statement amid alarming reporting of the physical and mental conditions of U.S. sailors aboard the USS Lincoln. “I am seeking an official oversight visit with a bipartisan Senate Delegation to the USS Lincoln to investigate the reported alarming conditions. Unlike […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), member of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, cosponsored the No Preferential Release of Federal Information for Transactions (NO PROFIT) Act, legislation that would make it illegal for social media companies to sell prioritized access to government employees’ accounts that communicate material information. This legislation would make it illegal for a person […]
Senators warn proposed changes would expose tens of thousands of additional Phoenix-area residents to additional noise pollution, break past commitments to communities, and repeat mistakes of a decade-long legal battle with the City of Phoenix WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) raised serious concerns with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s proposed Phoenix Area Modernization Project […]
The Bipartisan, Bicameral Affordable Housing Credit Carryback Act increases the Low Income Housing Tax Credit carryback period from one year to five years WASHINGTON — Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mike Rounds (R-SD)today introduced the bipartisan Affordable Housing Credit Carryback Act. The bill changes the carryback period from one-year to five-years for the Low Income Housing Tax […]
WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the Restore Veterans’ Compensation Act, legislation that protects veterans who receive disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from having their separation pay unfairly recouped. “It is ridiculous to claw back money from a veteran who has put life and limb on the line, just because later […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to tour manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Arizona WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ahead of his visit to Casa Grande with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressman Juan Ciscomani, urging him to meet with workers who lost their jobs as a result of […]