WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06), Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04), David Schweikert (R-AZ-01), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07), and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03) introduced the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act (NAIWRSA) of 2025. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation ratifies and funds the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, resolving one of Arizona’s longest-running water disputes by securing water rights for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.   The settlement will provide reliable and safe water for these communities, allowing the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to lease a portion of

WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran, raised serious concerns over the Trump Administration’s layoffs of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees and cuts to programs that support veterans with PTSD and uphold the PACT Act.  Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE. The Trump Administration’s Cuts to PTSD Program   Senator Gallego started his questioning by asking Al Montoya, an Assistant Secretary at the VA about layoffs at the National Center for PTSD.  “For us who have PTSD this is extremely important because it is an evolving field of research that can help not just us but save us money

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine combat veteran and member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, is pushing back against the Trump Administration’s mass layoffs of VA employees that threaten essential services for veterans.    The federal government is the nation’s largest employer of veterans, with nearly 30% of its workforce having served in uniform. Yet, the Trump Administration has already laid off more than 2,400 VA employees and plans to eliminate at least 80,000 more, nearly one-fifth of the VA. Many of these employees were hired to meet demand by veterans filing for benefits and health care as a result of the PACT