Joint Economic Committee report finds that over 31,000 Arizonans access addiction treatment through Medicaid WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-03), responded to a new report released by the Joint Economic Committee Minority warning that proposed Medicaid cuts by President Trump and Republicans would threaten addiction treatment access for thousands of Arizonans and undermine the state’s efforts to combat the ongoing fentanyl crisis.   According to the report, more than 31,000 Arizonans receive gold-standard treatment for opioid use disorder through Medicaid, known in Arizona as AHCCCS—and over 22,000 of those members are covered solely because of Arizona’s Medicaid expansion program. State law

Announcements from AMD and Nvidia made possible by Gallego-backed CHIPS and Science Act WASHINGTON — Today, Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, Governor Katie Hobbs, and the Arizona Commerce Authority celebrated major announcements from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Nvidia that show Arizona taking a leading role in the next generation of microchips and artificial intelligence. AMD said that it’s ready to produce chips in America and make more AI servers in the U.S. Nvidia shared that it will produce its AI supercomputers entirely in the United States—making, packaging, and testing its chips in Arizona.     TSMC and Amkor, which manufacture and test Nvidia and AMD’s leading-edge chips, were both brought to

WASHINGTON — Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino Act to build a new Smithsonian museum on the National Mall that recognizes the accomplishments of Latinos. This follows the passage of bipartisan legislation that establishes a Latino history museum, which was signed into law in December 2020. “Latinos have always been and always will be central to the American story. That story, which I know intimately, is one of hard work, service, culture, and sacrifice, and it deserves a place on the National Mall,” said Senator Gallego. “This bill is about more than building a museum.