Senator Spoke on US-Europe Relations at Chatham House EUROPE – This past week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) visited Slovakia, Germany, and England to meet with senior defense officials, military leadership, and diplomatic partners. The trip was part of a bipartisan congressional delegation (CODEL) with Senator Jim Banks (R-IN). During the trip, Senator Gallego spoke to the need for the U.S. to maintain its leadership globally and how we as a nation should move forwarding collaborating with European partners. “A lot of us have a true belief, Democrats, Republicans, that we’re going to be here longer than Donald Trump, and our relationship and our transnational relationship has to be

Planned tax would raise prices at the grocery store, cost American jobs PHOENIX – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) demanded the Trump administration reverse its recently announced decision to withdraw from the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement. Withdrawing from the agreement would effectively place a 21 percent tax on tomato imports from Mexico. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Senator Gallego lays out the detrimental effect this would have on hardworking families. “The result of terminating this agreement will be higher prices for American families, fewer options at the grocery store, and fewer American jobs. Indeed, studies show that families could see a tomato prices rise by an

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) announced that he is once again backing the bipartisan, bicameral Invest to Protect Act of 2025 to help small and mid-sized police departments, including Tribal police departments, recruit and provide safety training, de-escalation training, and mental health support for their officers. Gallego previously supported the legislation in the 117th Congress. “Arizona’s smaller and Tribal police departments often don’t have the luxury of massive budgets or endless backup, but their officers still show up everyday to keep our communities safe,” said Senator Gallego. “This bipartisan bill helps departments recruit and retain officers, improve training, and respond more effectively to violent crime, fentanyl trafficking, and