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

The Phoenix-based BIA office serves 53 tribes across the western U.S. WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly called on the Trump Administration to keep open the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Western Regional Office. The Phoenix-based office, which serves 53 tribes across the western United States, is on the chopping block because of Elon Musk and his reckless DOGE cuts.  “Its closure will severely limit access for all of these tribes to essential services ranging from economic development to child social services to water system improvements,” the Senators wrote. “This is part of a larger trend: 25 BIA offices, or 27% of all BIA locations across the country, are

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) reintroduced the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy (ACRE) Act with Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Angus King (I-ME), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). This legislation would benefit American families, farmers and rural communities nationwide by providing greater flexibility to more financial institutions to offer affordable lines of credit to rural and agricultural borrowers. This would help lower borrowing costs for rural homeowners and farmers, making it easier for them to secure loans and invest in their futures.  “Owning a home or family farm is a cornerstone of the America dream, and I’m proud to co-lead the ACRE Act to make