PHOENIX – Last night, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) spoke to over 3,000 Arizonans during his first telephone town hall. Sen. Gallego was able to hear directly from constituents about their concerns over threats to Social Security and Medicaid, housing prices, and federal layoffs.  “Last night made it clear that the dangerous game being played by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, with their reckless attempts to gut the federal government, is not sitting well with Arizonans. People are scared they could lose access to their health care, VA benefits, and even their jobs. This uncertainty and chaos is creating real fear among families who deserve stability and security,” Senator

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss  his first speech on the Senate floor on his resolution condemning the United States’ rejection of a United Nations resolutiondenouncing Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.  “The fact that the Donald Trump will one day call Zelensky a dictator and then the other day claim that he never said it is a problem,” said Senator Gallego on MSNBC.  “One day he’ll say that we’re going to help Ukraine, and the other day he will say that they owe us $350 billion worth of money that does not exist that we never gave them to begin with.   “He

Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly supported the Social Security Fairness Act, pushing to speed up payments for public servants WASHINGTON – Today, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will immediately begin issuing retroactive payments and increasing monthly Social Security benefits for about 45,000 Arizona firefighters, teachers, police officers, and other public servants whose benefits were unfairly reduced or eliminated by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).     The changes are the result of the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, a bill that Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly cosponsored last year. The law restores full Social Security benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters,