Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on the Trump administration to increase the mileage deduction rate used by small business owners who operate a vehicle for their business due to the rising cost of gas due to Trump’s war in Iran. READ MORE: A senator is pressing the IRS to raise the mileage deduction that Uber drivers […]
WASHINGTON – During a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) questioned Export-Import Bank (EXIM) President and Chairman John Jovanovic on the bank’s investments in Arizona small businesses and nuclear energy and secured support for efforts to strengthen EXIM’s Make More in America Initiative (MMIA). Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE and read excerpts […]
WASHINGTON – Today, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the department would issue a temporary emergency fuel waiver to allow nationwide sales of E15 and remove all federal impediments to selling E10. This comes after Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to take proactive steps to protect Arizona consumers amid rising gas prices. “Costs […]
WASHINGTON – Last week, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced the GAMES Act to remove the one-year, post-discharge limitation on veterans’ participation in Department of War (DoW) adaptive sports programs to enable more people to participate. “Adaptive sports programs give veterans a way to stay active, manage PTSD, and find community. But right now, veterans can only access […]
“We need to set the standard that everything that’s happened under this administration is not normal.” WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined the American Economic Liberties Project for a conversation with former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra on how unchecked corruption and corporate consolidation are driving up costs for working families. Senator Gallego […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jim Banks (R-IN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Main Street Depositor Protection Act to raise deposit insurance coverage for non-interest bearing transaction accounts — commonly known as payroll accounts — at eligible banks and credit unions. “In times of financial crisis, […]
Bill provides 10% bonus to TSA and DHS workers who kept airports safe without a paycheck WASHINGTON– Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced a bill to provide Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who report to work but have not been paid during the shutdown with a 10% bonus upon the […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) demanded answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the administration’s decision to deploy ICE agents to major airports, including Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (PHX). Airport wait times have dramatically increased across the country as Republicans refuse to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). “Delays in our country’s airports caused by this […]
WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act to bring down prices for American families and support small businesses by cracking down on corporate price discrimination. “When suppliers can charge small businesses more than big corporations for the exact same products, […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) slammed the Trump administration for its growing relationship with long-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary. Gallego’s letter mimics one that then-Senator Marco Rubio sent President Trump in 2019 denouncing the U.S.’ growing alliance with Hungary. Vice President JD Vance plans to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for […]