WASHINGTON — Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Dave McCormick (R-PA), and Katie Britt (R-AL) introduced the bipartisan Housing Unhoused Disabled Veterans Act (HUDVA) to help homeless disabled veterans access crucial housing support. The bill would permanently exclude veterans’ disability payments from annual income for housing assistance eligibility purposes under the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program. The HUD-VASH program plays a pivotal role in addressing veteran homelessness by combining rental assistance from HUD along with supportive services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Unfortunately, some disabled veterans receiving disability payments were previously unable to access veterans housing programs like HUD-VASH because HUD

Senator Gallego: “Trump just showed us a master class in insider trading. This is corruption at the highest level.” WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) demanded answers about possible violations of federal ethics and insider trading laws tied to President Trump’s sudden change in tariff policy. Today, Senator Gallego also called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an investigation into whether Trump, his family, or insiders like Elon Musk were tipped off ahead of the President’s surprise decision to pause some of his steep, across-the-board tariffs.   That announcement triggered a stock market surge that gave $304 billion to the world’s richest people in a single

WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly urged President Donald Trump to expedite the completion and maintain full funding to modernize land ports of entry in Arizona to lower wait times and stem the flow of illegal drugs. In particular, the senators highlight the San Luis Port of Entry modernization project, the construction of a new commercial Port of Entry in Douglas, the renovation of the Raul H. Castro Port of Entry, and a feasibility study for the modernization of the Nogales-Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry.   While Congress has dedicated funding and the federal government has already awarded contracts for these projects, recent cuts to the