Press Releases

Gallego Presses Insurance Experts on Home Insurance Hikes in Arizona

During hearing, Gallego highlighted the stories of Arizonans hit hard by rising premiums WASHINGTON – During a Senate Committee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing today on insurance and mitigation policies, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) pressed insurance experts on industry practices that raise costs for Arizonans and what they are doing to prevent scam artists from exploiting victims of natural disasters. Watch Senator Gallego’s questioning HERE. Gallego opened his questioning by highlighting unfair insurance practices that raise home insurance rates even on homeowners who have taken proactive steps to mitigate their homes from wildfire risk.   “I’d like to share the story of a senior living in Dewey-Humboldt,

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Gallego, Cotton Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen America’s Water Infrastructure Against Cyber Attacks

In recent years, municipalities across the U.S. have faced cyber-attacks, including from foreign adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the bipartisan Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act to help public water systems protect against and respond to cyberattacks, which have become increasingly frequent in recent years. “In Arizona, we know better than most the importance of safe and secure access to water. But adversaries also understand the importance and are increasingly trying to undermine our water security,” said Senator Gallego. “It is critical that we ensure our public water systems have the resources they need to prevent and respond to cyberattacks. That’s exactly

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Gallego Pushes Trump Administration to Reconsider Student Visa Revocations

WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined a group of Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration to undo unlawful student visa revocations and highlighted recent reversals of some terminations. “These actions to end student status reflected an unannounced change in policy and were inconsistent with existing laws, regulations, policies, and agency guidance governing the maintenance and termination of student status—that is why we welcomed the news late last week that in response to litigation around the country, ICE has reversed these SEVIS terminations,” the Senators wrote in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Immigration and Customs

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