WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement on the Republicans’ spending plan: “Let’s not kid ourselves, this is a bad resolution that gives Elon Musk and his cronies permission to continue cutting veterans’ benefits, slashes resources for Arizona’s water needs, and abandons our wildland firefighters. I can’t stand by that, and that’s why I’m voting no. We must come together to pass a bipartisan solution—I’m committed to putting in the work to do that—but this resolution is a grab bag of extreme policies that harms Arizona families.” 3/13/25

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, voted in support of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act when it passed out of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.  “It’s clear that digital assets are here to stay. It’s Congress’s job to come together in a bipartisan fashion to ensure this emerging sector is well regulated and safe for consumers,” said Senator Gallego. “While this bill is not perfect, we have made many improvements through our bipartisan committee work – including better protections for customers in the event of bankruptcy, addressing national security risks, and strengthening guardrails

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators 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 of SSA. Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-8) and Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-3).  “Seniors shouldn’t have to pay for the government’s mistakes, especially not mistakes that happened decades ago,” said Senator Gallego. “That’s why I’m introducing this bipartisan, commonsense legislation to ensure that Arizona seniors