Gallego Celebrates Restoration of Colorado River Conservation Funding
Following multiple letters and close communication between Senator Gallego and the Administration, federal Colorado River conservation funds are once again flowing to projects across Arizona PHOENIX – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, celebrated the restoration of millions of dollars in Colorado River conservation funding that had previously been frozen […]
Gallego, Bipartisan Colleagues Push Back Against Trump’s Executive Order to Cut Funding for Community Development Financial Institutions
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) help provide affordable capital to communities that otherwise would not have access WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and a bipartisan group of 24 U.S. Senators are pushing back against the Trump Administration’s efforts to shrink the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, […]
Gallego, Kelly Announce Over $4 Million For Hopi Tribe to Advance Energy and Water Independence
WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly announced that the Hopi Tribe has been awarded $4,165,796 from the Department of Energy to deploy a 250-kW solar powered microgrid that will power two wells at the remote, unelectrified Side Rock well field on the Hopi Reservation. These wells will deliver water to the villages of Upper and Lower Moenkopi […]
ICYMI: Senator Gallego Visits Cochise County; Highlights Efforts to Support Veterans, Protect Medicaid and Secure the Border
ARIZONA – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) made his first visit to Cochise County since being elected to the U.S. Senate where he heard directly from Arizonans on border security, cuts to Medicaid, and veterans programs. Senator Gallego started the day at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, where he met with local leaders […]
ICYMI: Gallego, Kelly Hear from Arizonans on Impacts of Medicaid Cuts During a Town Hall
PHOENIX – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly hosted a town hall in Phoenix to hear directly from Arizonans about the real-life consequences of Republican-led efforts to cut Medicaid. These proposed cuts would strip health care from working families, seniors, and people with disabilities in order to give tax breaks to the wealthy and big corporations. Senators […]
Gallego, Colleagues Condemn the Trump Administration’s Attempts to Demolish the Department of Education
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 37 Senate colleagues wrote to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon expressing outrage at the administration’s reckless and illegal firing 1,300 workers at the U.S. Department of Education — over half of its workforce — which will devastate America’s public education system and impact students across the country. “At a time […]
Gallego, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect Veterans and Military Community
Bill would protect veterans, military spouses, and VA employees targeted in DOGE’s cuts WASHINGTON – In response to President Donald Trump’s mass terminations of federal veteran employees and attempts to slash Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care and benefits, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the Putting Veterans First Act —comprehensive legislation to protect veterans, […]
Senate Passes Gallego-backed Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act
Sen. Gallego, bipartisan colleagues introduced the legislation in January WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate passed the bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act, backed by Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). The legislation permanently classifies fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as Schedule I drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and gives law enforcement the tools they need to keep extremely lethal and […]
ICYMI: Senator Gallego Introduced Bipartisan Bill to Protect Seniors from Unfair Social Security Claw-Backs
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA)introduced the bipartisan Social Security Overpayment Relief Act to limit the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) overpayment lookback period to ten years. This bill protects Social Security recipients – including 1.4 million Arizonans – from the burden of having to pay back funds that arise from overpayment errors on the part […]
Senator Gallego’s Statement on the Passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva
WASHINGTON—Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07). “Congressman Grijalva was not just my colleague, but my friend. As another Latino working in public service, I can say from experience that he served as a role model to many young people across the Grand Canyon State. He spent his […]