Press Releases
“This president talked about that. He talked about running to end wars and exposing the pedophiles. Now you’re starting wars and covering for pedophiles.” PHOENIX – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ),a Marine Corps combat who fought in Iraq, joined CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash to underscore the human cost of Trump’s illegal war with […]
PHOENIX — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran who fought in Iraq, released the following statement in reaction to President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran. “I watched brave young men die in Iraq for a mission that was never clearly justified to the American people. I came home carrying the weight of that […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ),a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Democratic colleagues on the Committee in pressing the U.S. Treasury and Justice Departments to investigate reports that Binance is facilitating illicit finance activities, including transactions linked to Iran and its proxies. Doing so would fail to comply with the […]
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed senior banking regulators on how they vet bank charter applicants, including Trump family venture World Liberty Financial, questioned whether political connections influence the process, and why the National Credit Union Agency (NCUA) rolled back overdraft fee transparency. Watch Senator […]
WASHINGTON – Today Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke at a press conference with Senate Democrats on Trump’s Department of Justice continuous attempts to block the release of the Epstein files. “What the Republicans are proving right now, with the help of Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, is that if you are part of the Epstein class […]
WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published in The Hill, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) outlines a plan to lower prescription drug prices by fixing a system that allows savings to disappear before they reach patients. “Big announcements don’t lower your pharmacy bill,” Gallego writes. “Savings don’t count if families never see them.” After the Trump administration announced new agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers to […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) urged President Donald Trump to ensure that any refunds from the Supreme Court’s decision striking down his administration’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)-based tariffs are used to deliver relief to American families and small businesses, not large corporations. “Absent action from this administration, over $100 billion in tariff revenue collected […]
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) questioned Trump administration nominees to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Steve Pearce, on the administration’s plans to roll back protections for the Grand Canyon National Monument and build housing on federal lands. Gallego began his questioning by asking Pearce whether […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran and member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee joined colleagues from both chambers in demanding Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins immediately rescind the Trump Administration’s new interim final rule that would change how veteran disability ratings are evaluated. This rule would lower […]
WASHINGTON – Tonight, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke at MeidasTouch and MoveOn’s “People’s State of the Union,” a rally counterprogramming President Trump’s State of the Union speech. Earlier today, Gallego joined Senate Democratic leaders at a press conference and took to the airwaves to call out the President’s policies that are making Americans sicker, poorer, and less safe. Read Senator Gallego’s […]