Gallego, Booker, Whitehouse Push Administration to Ensure Tariff Exemptions Actually Result in Lowering Grocery Costs
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a letter to Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Andrew Ferguson questioning how the Commission is working to ensure grocery companies do not use this Administration’s reckless tariff policies as cover for price gouging and that the recently announced tariff exemptions on coffee, bananas, cocoa, and […]
Amid Holiday Shopping Season, Gallego, Bipartisan Group Of Colleagues Push FTC to Crack Down on Surveillance Pricing
Earlier this year, the FTC curtailed a study that sought to examine companies’ use of individualized data to set individualized prices Last week, Senator Gallego introduced first-of-its-kind Senate legislation to outlaw surveillance pricing WASHINGTON – Today, in the thick of the holiday shopping season, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) in pushing […]
Gallego Fights Back Against Administration’s Illegal Efforts to Withhold Funding from the CFPB
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and his Democratic colleagues filed a bicameral amicus brief challenging Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Russell Vought’s latest attempt to dismantle the agency. Acting Director Vought is relying on a fringe legal theory that has been widely rejected by multiple federal courts and former Fed officials to illegally deny funding […]
Gallego Files War Powers Resolution to Prevent Illegal War
Gallego’s Resolution calls for armed forces to cease hostilities in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) filed a War Powers Resolution that orders the U.S. Armed Forces to immediately cease hostilities against vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean unless authorized by Congress. “If the President believes the use […]
WIN: Gallego, Kelly Bill to Expand Economic Opportunity in La Paz County Heads to President’s Desk
Bill will enable La Paz County to create hundreds of jobs and power thousands of homes WASHINGTON – Last night, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly’s La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law. The legislation was […]
PASSED: Gallego’s Wildfire Mitigation Bill Wins Committee Approval
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego’s (D-AZ) Cross-Boundary Wildfire Solutions Act was unanimously approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The bill, which provides recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of wildfire mitigation across land ownership boundaries, now advances to the full U.S. Senate for consideration. The Committee’s approval of the legislation comes after a hearing earlier this […]
Gallego Statement on NDAA Final Passage
WASHINGTON – Senator Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine Corps combat veteran who fought in Iraq, released the following statement on the passage of the final negotiated language for the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “This year’s defense authorization act delivers big wins for Arizona, including funds to support military families and upgrade critical infrastructure in Arizona, and […]
Gallego, Colleagues Urge Protection of Electric Vehicle Investments in Bipartisan Surface Transportation Negotiations
WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 88 lawmakers pushedSenate Environment and Public Works and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership to protect electric vehicle (EV) investments while reauthorizing bipartisan surface transportation legislation. The lawmakers reaffirmed their commitment to supporting a similar bipartisan surface transportation process to the historic passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, but they […]
Gallego, Colleagues Urge Protection of Electric Vehicle Investments in Bipartisan Surface Transportation Negotiations
WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 88 lawmakers pushed Senate Environment and Public Works and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership to protect electric vehicle (EV) investments while reauthorizing bipartisan surface transportation legislation. The lawmakers reaffirmed their commitment to supporting a similar bipartisan surface transportation process to the historic passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, but they […]
Gallego Calls on VA to Stop Cuts to 358 Health Care Jobs at Phoenix VA
WASHINGTON – Following reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions nationwide, including 358 at the Phoenix VA, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) called on the VA to cancel the proposed cuts and protect veterans’ access to health care. READ MORE: Sen. Gallego calls on Trump administration to cancel […]