Press Releases
Senator Gallego discussed economic opportunity, civic engagement, early voting, and education during stops in Phoenix and Chandler PHOENIX – This past weekend, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) met with Arizona families, students and media to discuss his plan to strengthen the middle class, encourage civic participation and expand educational opportunities across the state. Gallego met with members of Phoenix-area […]
WASHINGTON — Last week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released his sweeping economic policy plan to rebuild America’s middle class. The five-pillar plan, “Saving the Middle Class and Restoring the American Dream,” includes a tax on data centers and AI, a New-Deal style public service jobs program, and raising the minimum wage to $20-per-hour to build an economy by-and-for […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and 14 of their colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The resolution also supports the official designation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a federal holiday. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is currently celebrated on the second Monday of October in over 200 municipalities and 17 states. Currently, the state of […]
Lawsuit declares that HUD’s attempt to significantly transform the FHIP program violates the law and Congressional intent WASHINGTON – This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 18 of their Democratic colleagues in submitting an amicus brief supporting a federal judge’s ruling that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) unlawfully restricted funding to groups that investigate and enforce laws against housing discrimination. The amicus filed […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in sending a letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Michael Boren and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, to maintain consistent environmental protections and local input mechanisms […]
Arizona senators urge the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to not change requirements for the Head Start Program WASHINGTON — Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) wrote a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams voicing concerns regarding a proposed rule, “Reducing Federal Burden […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Banks (R-IN) wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to coordinate with allies to secure next-generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure in the United States and around the globe. Specifically, the senators called on the Trump administration to name a U.S. head of delegation for the 2027 World […]
“Saving the Middle Class and Restoring the American Dream” details five pillars of the senator’s economic policy plan WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released his sweeping economic policy plan to rebuild America’s middle class. The five-pillar plan, “Saving the Middle Class and Restoring the American Dream,” includes a tax on data centers and AI, a New-Deal style […]
WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq, wrote to the Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General (IG) Platte B. Moring and Acting Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Orice W. Brown requesting reviews of the USS Abraham Lincoln’s deployment. The more than 300-day deployment, among the longest […]
WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in sending two letters opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed elimination of the 30-day mandatory public notice period that allows communities to provide input on proposed facilities, like data centers, that may affect the air they breathe. The first letter, addressed to EPA Administrator Lee […]