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,

WASHINGTON – Today, during a Senate Committee on Banking, House, and Urban Development hearing, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) questioned Trump nominee’s nominee to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, William Pulte, on his plans to lower housing costs. Senator Gallego knows that homeownership is a cornerstone of the American dream, but that dream is increasingly out of reach for too many Arizonans. That’s why he’s committed to working across the aisle to tackle the housing supply crisis head on, lower costs, and make homeownership more accessible for working families.   Watch Senator Gallego’s full questioning HERE. Senator Gallego asked Pulte about what specific regulatory changes he

Senator Gallego introduced a resolution to condemn the U.S.’s vote against UN resolution on Russia  WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) gave his first speech on the Senate floor on his resolution condemning the United States’ rejection of a United Nations resolution denouncing Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.  “Let’s be clear on this: this is a war that Russia started. Ukraine did not ask for it. They did not ask to go to war with a nuclear superpower, and they did not ask for their cities to be reduced to rubble. They didn’t ask for their children to be displaced and families to