WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly urged President Donald Trump to expedite the completion and maintain full funding to modernize land ports of entry in Arizona to lower wait times and stem the flow of illegal drugs. In particular, the senators highlight the San Luis Port of Entry modernization project, the construction of a new commercial Port of Entry in Douglas, the renovation of the Raul H. Castro Port of Entry, and a feasibility study for the modernization of the Nogales-Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry.   While Congress has dedicated funding and the federal government has already awarded contracts for these projects, recent cuts to the

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and a group of 20 Senate colleagues called on the Trump administration and its so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to stop their harmful attacks to the Social Security Administration (SSA).   This comes in the wake of the Trump administration’s repeated actions to weaken the SSA, which include staffing cuts, plans for indiscriminate closures of field offices around the nation, and limits to phone services. These cuts are upending the lives of older adults and people with disabilities who rely on the Social Security benefits that they have earned to pay their rent, purchase groceries, and afford medical bills. “The

WASHINGTON – Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4) and Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3), responded to two new reports released by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and the Arizona Chamber Foundation outlining the devastating impact that Medicaid cuts proposed by Trump and Republicans would have on Arizona families, seniors, people with disabilities, and the state’s health care system.   The two reports show that nearly two million Arizonans rely on Medicaid for health coverage—including more than 750,000 children, over 72,000 seniors and people with long-term care needs, and hundreds of thousands of low-income adults, many of whom work in industries like food service, caregiving,