Statements and posts
64 press releases and posts, newest first.
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Gallego, Kelly Celebrate Senate Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires
Celebrated Senate passage of bipartisan bill to ease prescribed fire use and reduce wildfire risk.
“Prescribed burns are essential to protecting millions of Americans who are threatened by wildfires each year, including in many communities across Arizona.”
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Gallego, Kelly Celebrate Chiricahua Officially Becoming Arizona’s Fourth National Park
Celebrated final passage of bill designating Chiricahua National Monument as Arizona's fourth national park.
“The unique landscape of Chiricahua National Park will unite people from around the world while opening economic and tourism opportunities for Arizona. The passage of this bill is a win for huge win for Arizona and honors the culture and preservation of the land.”
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Gallego, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Access to Women’s Preventative Health Services
Reintroduced bill to expand women's preventive cancer screenings at safety-net health care providers.
“The reintroduction of this bill is an important step toward ensuring women everywhere have access to the preventive health care that can mean the difference between life and death.”
Cancer AwarenessAI-read
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Gallego Celebrate Passage of Bill to Protect American’s Access to ATMs
Celebrated Senate passage of bipartisan bill to crack down on ATM crime.
“As bank branches reduce their physical footprint, ATMs remain key for allowing families and business to access their accounts. But criminals have figured out that standalone ATMs are easier targets than banks and, under the current law, these robberies aren’t treated the same as bank robberies.”
Crime and Law EnforcementAI-read
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WATCH: On CNN, Gallego Condemns Trump and Hegseth’s War in Iran, Attacks on the Free Press
Condemned Trump administration's Iran war and Defense Secretary Hegseth's attacks on media.
“The fact is he is one of the most important reasons why we’re losing this war in Iran. It’s him and Donald Trump, but he can’t deal with that. So, he’s just going to blame y’all.”
Iran War PolicyAI-read
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Questioned AI experts on dangers of rogue AI models and lack of oversight.
“How far away are [AI models] from creating language where [we] cannot understand what they’re doing?”
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Gallego, Colleagues Question President Trump on Invitation of Vladimir Putin to G20 on American Soil
Joined bipartisan letter questioning Trump's invitation of Putin to G20 summit in Miami.
“The United States must put strong economic and political pressure on President Putin in order to force him to the negotiating table for serious peace talks. We commend your signing of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which gives you additional tools to hold the Putin regime accountable.…”
International AffairsAI-read
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Gallego Introduces Resolution to Establish Select Committee on AI
Introduced resolution to establish Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
“The rapid development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence is akin to Dr. Frankenstein saying, ‘the monster is loose. Help me stop the monster,’”
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Gallego Celebrates Senate Passage of His Bipartisan Bill to Extend Terrorism Risk Insurance
Celebrated Senate passage of bipartisan bill to extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.
“My military service gave me an understanding that terrorism doesn’t just take lives the moment it strikes — it leaves behind families, businesses, and communities that must rebuild in its aftermath. We have to be prepared for the worst, and that means making sure businesses aren’t left without coverage if a terrorist…”
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Sent letter demanding OMB director halt plans to exert political control over NIH grant funding.
“We write to call on you to abandon any plan to exert political control over NIH’s grant-making decisions — whether that’s through your proposed rule, a new Executive Order, or any other means—that would empower political appointees to deny funding for grant applications that have already been deemed meritorious by the…”
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Introduced bipartisan bill to restrict Chinese optical transceivers from federal national security networks.
“Optical transceivers are a critical part of America’s modern communications infrastructure, and we need to make sure that infrastructure is secure.”
Securing National Security Systems from Chinese Optical Transceivers ActArmed Forces and National SecurityAI-read
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Gallego, Colleagues Demand that DHS Halt 2026 Election Interference Efforts
Sent letter demanding DHS halt efforts to control 2026 midterm elections and release FEMA grants.
“The 2026 midterm elections are already underway. Your unsubstantiated allegations of noncitizen voter fraud, public recitation of unreliable data, and unwarranted conditioning of continued grant funding for state election security measures on compliance with politically motivated requests for voter data appear to be…”
2026 Midterm Election Interference ConcernsElection SecurityAI-read
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Senate Passes Gallego Resolution Honoring Life and Legacy of Senator Jon Kyl
Senate passed bipartisan resolution honoring late former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl's public service.
“Former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl was a great man that put the needs of Arizonans at the center of his career. He never wavered in the fight for Arizona’s water future, including securing one our country’s largest tribal water rights settlements.”
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Applauded FCC efforts to encourage call center jobs to return to the United States.
“As the bipartisan Senate sponsors of the Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025, we are pleased by the FCC’s meaningful efforts to address offshoring in the call center industry. We thank you for attention to this important topic.”
CommerceAI-read
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Urged appropriators to provide federal funding to restore Grand Canyon after floods and wildfires.
“Over the past year, Grand Canyon National Park and the surrounding landscapes have suffered a devastating series of disasters that have damaged critical infrastructure and disrupted communities across the region.”
Grand Canyon Flooding and Wildfires RecoveryDisaster ResponseAI-read
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Gallego Celebrates Passage of Resolution Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Applauded Senate passage of resolution celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
“As the son of a Colombian mother and a Mexican father, this month is a powerful reminder of the sacrifices and resilience of generations of Latino families who have called this country home. My family, like so many others, worked tirelessly to ensure I had a shot at the American Dream, and I see that same determination…”
Hispanic Heritage Month RecognitionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesAI-read
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Pressed Interior Secretary for transparency on proposed data centers on federal public lands.
“Arizonans are entitled to transparency and robust public review as BLM considers such developments on our federal lands.”
AI Infrastructure ImpactAI-read
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Criticized Trump administration's foreign policy and called for stronger AI oversight at UN.
“What I am pushing is for us to actually create a select committee in the House and the Senate. The reason being is because AI is going to go into a lot of worlds, not just tech.”
AI Infrastructure ImpactAI-read
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WATCH: Gallego Calls Congressional Republicans “Cowards” for only now Condemning the Iran War
Criticized Republican lawmakers for only now opposing Iran War after Congress adjourned.
“These are not the best negotiators we should be sending to. We need to sit down and have long-term negotiations, and we’re not getting that right now. We’re not getting the smartest people in the room. Actually, we’re getting part of the dumbest people in the room. And we’re going against some of the best negotiators…”
International AffairsAI-read
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Introduced bill to impose sanctions on Israeli E1 settlement construction in West Bank.
“For decades, Democrats and Republicans alike have pushed for a two-state solution. Proposed Israeli construction of new settlement homes in the E1 area would cut off East Jerusalem from the West Bank and threaten a viable Palestinian state. It’s a step in the wrong direction.”
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Demanded public hearing on prediction markets after Republican-only industry roundtable planned.
“In the interest of transparency, we ask you to hold a public committee hearing on this critical topic and allow all members of the Committee to participate.”
Finance and Financial SectorAI-read
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Gallego, Colleagues Celebrate Passage of Wildfire Prevention Bill from Committee
Celebrated bipartisan committee passage of Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act.
“Forest management is difficult, but it is much easier and safer to deal with the root of wildfires than trying to suppress them when they are threating our lands and communities. This is a safety issue that the nation needs to address now, especially for places like Northern Arizona.”
Wildfire Emissions Prevention ActEnvironmental ProtectionAI-read
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Gallego, Colleagues Issue Statement On Continued Commitment To Pass CLARITY Act
Issued statement reaffirming commitment to pass the CLARITY Act cryptocurrency legislation.
“This week was a setback, but not the end of that important work. We remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion to get this legislation passed.”
Cryptocurrency RegulationAI-read
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Gallego, Colleagues Demand Pentagon Provide Real Cost of Iran War
Demanded Pentagon provide full accounting of costs for ongoing Iran war.
“Meanwhile, at home, American taxpayers have already paid an extra $100 billion out of their pockets for higher gas and diesel prices alone and at least another $60 billion in higher costs for things like groceries, mortgages, and plane tickets as a result of the war.”
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Gallego Celebrates Committee Passage of His Bipartisan Bill to Extend Terrorism Risk Insurance
Celebrated committee passage of bipartisan bill to extend terrorism risk insurance.
Terrorism Risk InsuranceAI-read
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Gallego, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Reconvene Essential Travel and Tourism Board
Urged Commerce Department to reconvene travel and tourism board amid decline in international tourism.
“Policymakers need to hear from industry leaders when making decisions that could have broad economic consequences, and without that input, legislators and the Administration risk making decisions without a full understanding of how they could affect the travel and tourism industry.”
CommerceAI-read
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Gallego, Colleagues Push to Stop Proposed Yosemite Land Transfer to Trump Donor
Urged Interior Department to block proposed Yosemite land transfer to Trump donor company.
“At its core, this proposal appears to provide a private benefit at the expense of land that belongs to all Americans.”
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Called for Senate AI committee and praised Supreme Court's mail-in voting decision.
“Step two is: Are we looking too small? You know, this is going to have to end up being an international agreement, right? Where we have to talk to not just China, the European Union, other friends and allies, to make sure that we all are staying together on this. Because if there’s any type of leakage, if any types of…”
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Gallego Statement on Failed CLARITY Act Cloture Vote
Voted against Clarity Act cloture, criticizing Republican refusal to negotiate ethics provisions.
“This legislation failed squarely because Republicans refuse to say no to the president. It takes 60 votes to pass a bill, and instead of spending their time twisting themselves into knots to appease President Trump, Republicans should have worked more closely with Senate Democrats to craft a bill that could pass with…”
Congressional Stock TradingAI-read
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Gallego, Kelly Help Secure Nearly $10 Million in FEMA Reimbursements for Pima County
Secured nearly $10 million in FEMA reimbursements for Pima County's asylum seeker shelter costs.
“Pima County stepped up when the federal government asked them to, and for over two years, they waited for Washington to keep its promise and pay the bill.”
Immigration EnforcementAI-read
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What They Are Saying: Senator Gallego Unveils his Plan to Strengthen America’s Education System
Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released his new plan to reform and strengthen America’s public education system.
“Senator Ruben Gallego is making clear that solving challenges facing public education requires more than talking about the problem—it requires real commitment to investing in students, educators, and the public schools they rely on. From the educator retention crisis and the rising cost of entering the teaching…”
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WATCH: Gallego Calls for Immediate Congressional Oversight and Regulation on AI
In response to former Anthropic researcher quitting his role and warning of an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves and, in turn, destroy humanity, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has spoken out on the need for…
“This is not previous tech. Previous tech could not make a decision to kill us. When we turned on the internet it did not have autonomy. When we created the nuclear weapon, the nuclear weapon did not have the decision-making power to drop a nuclear weapon. AI has the capability and will have the capability to make…”
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Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) along with Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) announced $2,062,000 in federal funding for Arizona State University to develop, test, and demonstrate…
“Making Arizona’s semiconductor manufacturing industry even more water efficient will allow us to continue to create good-paying jobs and protect our state’s water supply.”
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In Arizona, Gallego Meets with Workers, Manufacturers, First Responders and Community Leaders
Senator Gallego also visits AROCC Mesa Gateway ICE Facility, met with firefighters, and attend the Coconino Couty State Fair ARIZONA— This past weekend, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) conducted congressional oversight at the AROCC Mesa…
“[The work ISOLA HQ does] is very important because we have this global competition against China.”
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Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging them to support the establishment of a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence…
“AI is likely to be one of the most transformative technologies in human history. It has already accelerated drug discovery, expanded access to expert-level knowledge across numerous different fields, and improved productivity across industries, with one leading estimate suggesting the technology could raise global GDP…”
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Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and John Fetterman (D-PA) in demanding that the United States Postal Service (USPS)…
“Despite repeated warnings from Congress and court orders not to implement the President’s unlawful directives to regulate mail-in voting, the Postal Service continues to carry out these actions, which will undermine peoples’ faith in the upcoming elections.”
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Senator Gallego Unveils Plan to Reform, Strengthen America’s Public Education System
Protecting and Investing in Public Education: Protect the federal role in public education by strengthening the Department of Education and ensuring programs such as Title I, IDEA, Impact Aid, the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP),…
“Even though I grew up poor, I was lucky enough to get a good enough education, make it to Harvard, and eventually become a U.S. Senator. Every kid deserves that same fair shot. Instead, Donald Trump’s gutting of the Department of Education has left our most vulnerable students behind.”
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Popular Roadless Rule conservation measure protects 44 million acres of pristine U.S. Forest Service lands from destructive and expensive roadbuilding, logging, and supports outdoor recreation economy WASHINGTON – Last week, Senators Ruben…
“The conclusion is clear: the Roadless Rule is effective, widely supported, and essential to responsible forest management. Rescinding it would undermine decades of progress and impose unnecessary environmental and fiscal costs.”
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ICYMI: Gallego Joins Canadian TV to Denounce Trump’s Trade War
This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sat down with Vassy Kapelos of CTV National News to discuss the importance of bilateral trade for Arizona, the most recent trade war’s effects on America and Canada’s alliance, and Pete Hegseth’s…
“We have a high-tech economy where we have a lot of aerospace that is dependent on goods from Canada that we use to create some fine products. We have, chips and chip manufacturing coming out of Arizona to go to Canada, and vice versa, in terms of finished products coming back to Arizona. So, we don’t want to see this…”
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Gallego, Kelly Announce $4.25 Million in Emergency Funding for Lower Cibola Bridge Repairs
Federal funding will help repair bridge damaged by Island Fire in La Paz County WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide $4.25 million in emergency…
“These federal funds will provide the tools and resources necessary to repair the Lower Cibola Bridge, easing lengthy detours and ensuring safe passage over the Colorado River.”