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April 12, 2024
The funding comes from the newly released tranche of Shelter and Services Program dollars; Gallego pushed for and secured the funding to support Arizona’s border communities New SSP tranche includes Gallego-proposed reforms to better support Arizona WASHINGTON — Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) today announced $54,573,093 in funding from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Shelter and Services Program (SSP) to support Arizona’s border communities on the frontlines of the border crisis. “Suppor… Continue Reading
April 12, 2024In 11 letters to oil refineries that do business in Arizona, Rep. Gallego presses the companies to explain to everyday Arizonans why gas prices keep rising WASHINGTON — Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) sent letters to the 11 oil refineries from which the Arizona Department of Agriculture’s Weights and Measures Services Division sources the state’s unique blend of Cleaner Burning Gasoline, pushing the refineries to explain to Arizonans, now and in the future, why gas prices have risen—before they see … Continue Reading
April 09, 2024The ‘Housing Voucher Fairness Act’ comes after Gallego pressed the Administration to take action to lower housing costs in Arizona WASHINGTON — Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-03) and Rep. Dina Titus (NV-01) introduced the Housing Vouchers Fairness Act to increase the number of vouchers allocated to states such as Arizona and Nevada and lower housing costs. “Far too many Arizonans can’t afford housing because outdated federal housing laws disproportionally benefit East Coast cities. That’s not right,” … Continue Reading
April 14, 2024
Rep. 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
March 08, 2024PHOENIX (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