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March 18, 2024

Both Rep. Gallego and AG Mayes called for the need to support Arizona’s border communities and combat the fentanyl epidemic NOGALES — Standing outside the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03), Attorney General Kris Mayes, and Sheriff David Hathaway today held a press conference underscoring the need for federal action to address the crisis at Arizona’s border. “Border communities across Arizona deserve the necessary resources to keep Arizonans safe, grow their economi…  Continue Reading

March 14, 2024

Rep. Gallego’s letter follows Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ lawsuit alleging a price-fixing scheme PHOENIX - Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan calling on the Commission to investigate alleged anticompetitive practices by the rent-pricing company RealPage. “While apartment managers can reject the software’s suggested prices, close to 90% of pricing recommendations are adopted. RealPage also hosts working groups that include landlor…  Continue Reading

March 13, 2024

— Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03), today voted against H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which would force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to divest its ownership stake in the app or face removal from U.S. app stores. “As the ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, I know all too well the threat China poses here at home — banning TikTok and limiting the freedoms of Arizonans before explo…  Continue Reading


March 14, 2024

PHOENIX — Representative Ruben Gallego has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging them to investigate alleged rental market price fixing by landlords and the software company RealPage. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced in February that her office is suing software company RealPage along with multiple landlords over what her office calls an "illegal price-fixing conspiracy." There are nine major Phoenix and Tucson area landlords named as defendants in the suit, includi…  Continue Reading

March 08, 2024

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)— Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to work with state leaders to lower high gas prices. In a letter to EPA administrator Michael S. Regan, Gallego calls on the regulator to be more proactive in helping Arizona with gasoline issues by requesting waivers for the special blends earlier and aggressively monitoring the oil supply. Arizona uses a special blend of gasoline in the summer and winter to reduce air pollution, but it costs…  Continue Reading

January 25, 2024

PHOENIX — On Thursday morning, Eva Olivas, the executive director and CEO of Phoenix Revitalization Corporation, sat side by side with other Valley organization leaders at a roundtable hosted by Representative Ruben Gallego. Olivas says low-income communities are deeply affected by our housing crisis. “When HUD changed the income level last year, the next day, we were getting phone calls from people who said, ‘My owners raising my rent, it's like $250 more a month'," Olivas said. Gallego shar…  Continue Reading