WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly are backing the bipartisan Mining Schools Act of 2025 to bolster America’s mining workforce and energy security by expanding opportunities in mining education.   The bill addresses the nation’s declining mining workforce by establishing a grant program for universities to recruit students and support research or demonstration projects related to mineral production. This will help attract more students to the field and reduce U.S. reliance on adversarial nations for critical minerals. The bipartisan bill was introduced by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY). The University of Arizona is home to one of only 14 mining schools in the country. “Mining plays an important

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.