Press Releases
Gallego, colleagues: “Taxpayers deserve a full explanation of how these failures occurred and who will be held accountable for correcting them” WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, joined his Democratic colleagues on the Committee in demanding answers from Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s decision in Mullin v. Doe et al., which allows the Trump Administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. This decision will enable the Administration to […]
Senator Gallego is planning to block unanimous consent on all Republican-led House bills that come before the Senate until Speaker Johnson delivers the bipartisan, bicameral 21st-Century ROAD to Housing Act to the White House. WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, spoke at a press conference […]
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) questioned Postmaster General David Steiner on the lack of home mail delivery in San Luis, Arizona. The city’s sole post office has been overwhelmed by decades of explosive population growth and worsened by congestion at the nearby border crossing. “In San […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran and member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, joined 46 of his Democratic colleagues in opposing cuts to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits for disabled veterans who suffer from sleep apnea and tinnitus, as proposed by a draft VA rule and the Take Care […]
The package now moves to the House, where it is expected to pass later this week WASHINGTON – Following bipartisan, bicameral negotiations, the Senate today passed the final version of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The historic legislation will boost the nation’s housing supply, improve housing affordability, and strengthen oversight and efficiency of federal housing […]
FORT WORTH – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D‑AZ) spoke at LULAC’s 2026 National Convention to open their Welcome Celebration. See below for excerpts from his speech: “I’m a proud Latino and a proud American. Those things do not fight each other, they fuel each other. Being a proud Latino in the highest office government isn’t a […]
40 percent of employers admitted to posting job listings with no intention of filing them, one survey reported WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs sent letters to the Department of Labor, Federal Trade Commission, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, asking the administration for […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV),and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in introducing the Protect Our Polls Act toprotect the integrity of American elections from federal interference by armed uniformed military or federal law enforcement. “As a Marine, I took an […]
Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years for defrauding millions in FTX scandal; now seeks presidential pardon WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), the top members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Digital Assets, introduced a resolution to express that convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX, should […]