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April 18, 2024
Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) joined Rep. Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) in introducing H.R. 8059, the U.S. Foreign Trade Zone Parity Act, a bipartisan bill to prevent U.S. trade policy from favoring the foreign e-commerce distribution operations that undermine U.S.-based operations. The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Lou Correa (CA-46), Carol Miller (WV-01), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Mike Carey (OH-15). Current U.S. law allows companies to ship products directly from foreign warehouses to U.S. consume… Continue Reading
April 18, 2024Today, Reps. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03), Greg Stanton (AZ-04), and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6) introduced the Drought Resilient Infrastructure Act to provide new resources and authorities through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to support communities experiencing long-term drought conditions. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Senate version. “As Arizona communities continue to face historic drought condit… Continue Reading
April 17, 2024The Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act ensures Arizona seniors receive benefits that keep up with inflation WASHINGTON - Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) introduced the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act, legislation that changes the calculations for Social Security cost of living adjustments (COLAs) to more accurately reflect the costs incurred by Arizona seniors. “Rising costs mean Arizona seniors on Social Security see the real value of their benefits decrease,” said Rep. Galleg… Continue Reading
April 17, 2024
Many seniors have struggled to keep pace with rising expenses. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has introduced legislation that could increase their monthly benefits by requiring the Social Security Administration to use a different inflation-calculation formula. Gallego’s Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act in the House of Representatives would set cost-of-living adjustments using a measure known as CPI-E, or the Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 years of age and older. Social Security… Continue Reading
April 14, 2024Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) said any solutions besides codifying abortion rights would be insufficient to combat the near-total abortion ban from 1864 that may be implemented in Arizona. “The damage is done,” Gallego...told NBC News on Sunday. “Any initiative they pass right now wouldn’t even take effect for quite a while.” The Arizona Supreme Court decided Tuesday that the 1864 abortion criminalization law could go into effect and sent it back to a lower court to hear arguments. The law woul… Continue Reading
March 14, 2024PHOENIX — 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