Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Today, Senators Ruben Galego (D-AZ) and Roger Marshall (R-KY) introduced a bill to improve men’s health. Representatives Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC) introduced the companion bill in February. The bill would require the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on the state of men’s health in the […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senators Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Booker (D-N.J.), Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Gallego (D-Ariz.), Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Warner (D-Va.), and Warnock (D-Ga.) released the following statement after Republicans shared an updated draft of the CLARITY Act: “The Republican-proposed text of the CLARITY Act as it currently stands falls short. Key provisions including those addressing ethics for […]
WASHINGTON – Cannabis has been legalized in 42 states, but not federally. This legal disparity has created a haphazard regulatory environment for marijuana and cannabis-related businesses and services. Federal prohibitions conflict with state laws, leaving legal enterprises in limbo and requiring them to exist in the shadows, unable to access tools necessary for their success. For […]
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson urging immediate federal action to protect servicemembers, veterans, and military families from fraud. The Senators warned that military-connected consumers are being targeted at scale, losing hundreds of millions of dollars each year to sophisticated fraud schemes […]
WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) questioned Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Russell Vought on his actions gutting critical support for service members and letting companies off the hook for ripping off veterans. […]
WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote Acting Inspector General for the Department of Justice Sean O’Neill calling for an investigation into reports that Trump administration political appointees in the office of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche may have interfered in a Department of Justice investigation into a potentially corrupt clemency scheme. The case involves President […]
The resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that Bankman-Fried should under no circumstances receive a presidential pardon WASHINGTON – Last night, the Senate unanimously passed Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)’s resolution expressing that convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX, should not receive a presidential pardon, commutation, or any other form of Federal clemency. “It should not […]
LOS ANGELES – Today U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) addressed attendees at the NALEO 43rd Annual Conference. “This has been a very tough year for our community without a doubt. We have been targeted. They’re racially profiling us. They’re hunting Latino working class men in the streets of our country right now. But we know one thing: […]
WASHINGTON – Two of Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)’s bills aimed at conserving Arizona’s water and boosting clean energy production received committee consideration today. “Arizona is facing historic drought conditions and soaring energy costs; we need innovative solutions to tackle these problems, and that’s exactly what my bills being considered today are about,” said Senator Gallego. “I’m glad to see […]
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined his colleagues in reintroducing the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, legislation that would improve wages and working conditions for airport service workers. The legislation would also support working families and help stabilize the air travel industry as airlines pocket record profits while airport service workers remain stuck at minimum wage. […]