Bill comes after record-breaking spring temperatures in Phoenix and across the West this week WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) introduced the Excess Urban Heat Mitigation Act. The bill – which Senator Gallego first introduced as a member of the House – would create a competitive grant program to provide funding to combat the causes and consequences of urban heat islands.   “As summers in Arizona and across the country get longer and hotter, they also get deadlier – especially in cities where a lack of shade and miles of concrete push temperatures even higher,” said Senator Gallego. “I’ve long been a champion of doing more to address extreme heat, and I am proud to

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is pushing back against efforts to erase Native American veterans’ contributions to U.S. military history. Per capita, Native Americans serve in the military at the highest rate, five times the national average. Native veterans have fought in every major armed conflict, and erasing their service is a dishonor to all who have worn the uniform. Recently, mentions of Ira Hayes — a revered Gila River Marine veteran who helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima in 1945 — and Lori Ann Piestewa — a Hopi Army veteran who killed in combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom — were removed from the Department of Defense (DoD) website.

Following multiple letters and close communication between Senator Gallego and the Administration, federal Colorado River conservation funds are once again flowing to projects across Arizona PHOENIX – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, celebrated the restoration of millions of dollars in Colorado River conservation funding that had previously been frozen by the Trump Administration. The funding restoration comes after Senator Gallego sent multiple letters and spoke with the Administration about reversing the funding freeze. “I’d like to thank the Department of Interior and Bureau of Reclamation for having open lines of communication and for listening when I explained how this funding freeze