Bill Advanced Through Committee Unanimously Last September WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and John Hoeven (R-ND) reintroduced the bipartisan Shadow Wolves Improvement Act to strengthen border security and expand opportunities for Shadow Wolves agents. The legislation reclassifies Shadow Wolves as competitive service employees, giving them greater career mobility, improving retention, and making it easier to recruit new agents. The bill passed through committee unanimously last September but ran out of time to pass the Senate. The bill is also cosponsored by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and James Lankford (R-OK).   Shadow Wolves are members of the Tohono O’odham Nation who patrol the 76-mile stretch of land that the Tohono O’odham

Following the Arizona Senators’ pushback on Trump’s chaotic funding freeze, critical health programs are once again receiving support WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kellyannounced that Native Health will receive a $500,000 grant through the Department of Health and Human Services’ Community Opioid Intervention Prevention Program (COIPP) to help combat the opioid crisis in Native communities across Arizona. This funding will support community-based prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts in Tribal and Urban Indian communities.  This announcement comes just two weeks after the Trump Administration’s chaotic freeze on federal grants and loans threatened funding for critical health services. Gallego and Kelly have been pushing

WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly urgedInterior Department Secretary Douglass Burgum and Bureau of Reclamation Acting Commissioner David Plumbo to reverse a funding freeze that could endanger the Colorado River. The Senators have heard from Arizonans that funds are frozen for infrastructure projects and for agreements put in place to keep water in Lake Mead and protect the Colorado River we all depend on.  “The Colorado River is in the midst of a historic drought, and our constituents are working on solutions to keep the river flowing. This winter snowpack accumulation is below average, so we need to do everything we can to