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A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
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Secure the Border Act of 2023
92/100
What they said
Aug 27, 2026
Senator Gallego opposes the Trump Administration's deployment of DHS agents and border wall construction on Tohono O'odham Nation land without tribal consent, arguing that the federal government must respect tribal sovereignty and engage in meaningful consultation before undertaking such actions.
Senator Gallego's statement explicitly opposes DHS deployment and border wall construction on Tohono O'odham land without tribal consent, emphasizing the need to respect tribal sovereignty and engage in meaningful consultation. The Secure the Border Act of 2023 mandates DHS resume border wall construction and requires waiver of legal requirements to expedite that construction, with no provisions addressing tribal consultation or sovereignty. Gallego's NO vote on passage is directly consistent with his stated opposition to unilateral border infrastructure deployment on tribal lands.
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
92/100
What they said
Aug 24, 2026
Senator Gallego advocates for federal legislation requiring parental approval for social media use by children under 16 and school cellphone bans, citing developmental benefits. He opposes committing U.S. military forces to regime change in Iran, drawing parallels to the Iraq War and emphasizing diplomatic alternatives.
Voted Yea on A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Senator Gallego's statement explicitly opposes committing U.S. military forces to regime change in Iran, drawing parallels to the Iraq War and emphasizing that he will not sacrifice American soldiers for Iranian sovereignty without proper authorization. The joint resolution directs removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in Iran, invoking the War Powers Resolution. His yes vote on passage is directly consistent with his stated opposition to unilateral military action in Iran and his emphasis on congressional authorization and diplomatic alternatives.
The senators oppose the Trump administration's lawsuit against Arizona's in-state tuition policy for Dreamers, arguing that Dreamers deserve educational opportunity and that the policy reflects Arizona voters' decision.
The statement opposes the Trump administration's lawsuit targeting Arizona's in-state tuition policy for Dreamers, emphasizing educational opportunity and respect for state policy. The Secure the Border Act of 2023 is a comprehensive immigration enforcement bill focused on border wall construction, asylum restrictions, and employment verification—provisions that reflect a restrictive immigration enforcement posture fundamentally at odds with the senators' stated support for Dreamers' educational access and integration. The NO vote on passage is consistent with opposition to the bill's restrictive immigration framework.
Senator Gallego opposes the Trump administration's policy requiring most immigrants already in the United States to leave the country to apply for green cards abroad, and is initiating a Congressional Review Act process to potentially repeal it.
Senator Gallego's statement opposes a Trump administration policy making it harder for immigrants already in the U.S. to obtain green cards without leaving the country. The Secure the Border Act of 2023 is a restrictive immigration bill focused on border wall construction and asylum limits. Gallego's NO vote on passage is consistent with his stated opposition to restrictive immigration policies that harm immigrant families. However, the bill does not directly address the green card application process Gallego's statement targets, creating some granularity mismatch between the specific policy he opposes and the broader restrictive immigration framework he voted against.
Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024
75/100
What they said
Aug 27, 2026
Senator Gallego opposes the Trump Administration's deployment of DHS agents and border wall construction on Tohono O'odham Nation land without tribal consent, arguing that the federal government must respect tribal sovereignty and engage in meaningful consultation before undertaking such actions.
Senator Gallego's statement opposes DHS deployment on tribal land without consent and emphasizes respect for tribal sovereignty. The bill includes a continuing resolution funding DHS and provisions prohibiting DHS from using funds for certain immigration-related purposes. While the bill's specific restrictions on DHS fund usage are not detailed in the summary, Gallego's NO vote on a bill that funds DHS operations (including border security activities) is generally consistent with his stated opposition to unilateral DHS action on tribal lands. However, the bill is a broad appropriations measure bundling multiple agencies and programs, making it unclear whether his vote reflects opposition to DHS funding specifically or other provisions in the CR.
Senator Gallego opposes the Trump Administration's Medicaid cuts and expiration of ACA tax credits, arguing they will harm Arizona families and healthcare providers. He also opposes proposed cuts to Head Start funding and advocates for housing affordability solutions.
Senator Gallego's statement opposes Medicaid cuts and ACA tax credit expiration, arguing they harm coverage and access. The CHOICE Arrangement Act expands alternative health insurance options (AHPs and ICHRAs) outside the traditional ACA/Medicaid framework. While the bill does not directly cut Medicaid or ACA credits, it creates pathways for employers to shift away from comprehensive coverage models, which could indirectly undermine the insurance pool that supports ACA sustainability. Gallego's NO vote is generally consistent with his stated concern for protecting coverage access, though the bill's specific mechanism (alternative arrangements rather than direct cuts) creates some ambiguity about whether opposition reflects the same underlying concern.
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers".
75/100
What they said
Jun 4, 2026
Senators Gallego and Ricketts support strengthening the China and Transformational Exports Program to help U.S. exporters compete against Chinese competition and address what they characterize as unfair Chinese trade practices and subsidies.
Voted Nay on A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers".
The statement emphasizes strengthening U.S. competitiveness against China by supporting domestic exporters and addressing unfair Chinese trade practices. The bill nullifies a waiver of Buy America requirements for EV chargers, effectively tightening domestic content rules. Both positions align on prioritizing U.S. manufacturing and domestic sourcing over foreign competition. However, the statement focuses on export competitiveness and EXIM tools, while the bill addresses domestic procurement standards—related but distinct mechanisms for supporting U.S. industry. The NO vote is somewhat inconsistent with the stated pro-domestic-manufacturing stance, though the vote may reflect concerns about the bill's specific approach or other provisions not detailed in the summary.
Senator Gallego is developing a middle-class economic plan focused on reducing costs, addressing wage stagnation and unemployment, and exploring mechanisms including increased unionization, sectoral bargaining, and a federal jobs program. He is soliciting public feedback on the framework.
Senator Gallego's statement emphasizes addressing wage stagnation and unemployment through mechanisms including unionization, sectoral bargaining, and a federal jobs program. H.R. 6655 focuses on workforce development, job training, and employment services—programs that directly support employment and worker advancement. The bill's reauthorization of Job Corps, employment training grants, and adult education aligns with the goal of addressing unemployment and improving worker outcomes. However, the bill does not directly address unionization, sectoral bargaining, or a federal jobs program as described in Gallego's framework, making the alignment directional rather than specific.
Senators Gallego and Ricketts support strengthening the China and Transformational Exports Program to help U.S. exporters compete against Chinese competition and address what they characterize as unfair Chinese trade practices and subsidies.
Both the statement and bill address U.S. competition with China and trade fairness, but they target different mechanisms. The statement supports strengthening EXIM's China and Transformational Exports Program to help U.S. exporters compete directly against Chinese subsidies and unfair practices. The bill focuses on IMF advocacy for Chinese exchange rate transparency as a tool to address currency manipulation. The rep's yes vote on exchange rate transparency is generally consistent with a broader pro-competition, anti-unfair-Chinese-trade-practice stance, but the bill does not directly address the export competitiveness and subsidy-response mechanisms the statement emphasizes.
Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination Act
45/100
What they said
Aug 27, 2026
Senator Gallego opposes the Trump Administration's deployment of DHS agents and border wall construction on Tohono O'odham Nation land without tribal consent, arguing that the federal government must respect tribal sovereignty and engage in meaningful consultation before undertaking such actions.
The statement and bill both address border security and immigration enforcement, but they focus on different specific questions. The statement opposes unilateral DHS deployment on tribal land without consent and emphasizes tribal sovereignty and consultation. The bill criminalizes interference with border control measures and enhances penalties for immigration-related crimes. Senator Gallego's NO vote on this procedural motion could reflect opposition to the bill's substance (stricter immigration enforcement penalties), but procedural votes do not directly express substantive intent. The shared category (border security/immigration) masks distinct policy questions: tribal consultation rights versus criminal penalties for border interference.
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Passage votes where Ruben Gallego broke ranks with ≥75% of Democrats. Threshold catches substantively partisan splits; unanimous-ish or close votes are excluded.
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".
Gallego, Colleagues Demand Pentagon Provide Real Cost of Iran War
Position: Senators demand that the Department of Defense provide a full accounting of costs and budget details for the ongoing war with Iran, criticizing the Pentagon for withholding information from Congress and the public while costs to taxpayers and military casualties mount.
WASHINGTON — Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and 44 of their Democratic colleagues in demanding a full accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran. The letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also criticized the Department of Defense (DOD) for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpayer costs continue to increase.
The United States is now more than six months into a conflict President Trump initially said would last six weeks. Eighteen American servicemembers have been killed and more than 820 wounded, and over 50,000 troops are currently deployed to the Middle East. In the letter, Gallego and his colleagues note that deployments — including for the USS Lincoln and the 82nd Airborne — have been repeatedly extended and that their offices have heard directly from military families worried about loved ones serving in the conflict.
“Meanwhile, at home, American taxpayers have already paid an extra $100 billion out of their pockets for higher gas and diesel prices alone and at least another $60 billion in higher costs for things like groceries, mortgages, and plane tickets as a result of the war,” the senators wrote. “Now you are asking that they pay again to fund a war of choice that Congress never authorized and the President launched with no strategic plan.”
In their letter, the senators highlight the contrast between the current Pentagon’s transparency record with past wartime practice, noting that Hegseth has briefed Congress only seven times in six months and held just eight Pentagon press briefings or interviews since the war began, compared to more than 70 press briefings in the first month of the Iraq War alone.
The senators also criticized the administration’s public supplemental funding request as a seven-page document offering only vague line items, in contrast to the detailed, hundred-page supplemental requests provided to Congress during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
“Despite asking for tens of billions of additional taxpayer dollars, you have so far failed to provide basic information on how this money has and will be spent,” the senators continued. “Congress must have access to this information to carry out our oversight responsibilities. It is the bare minimum that any American would expect in balancing their own household budget.”
The senators are requesting that the DOD provide:
Gallego, Colleagues Issue Statement On Continued Commitment To Pass CLARITY Act
Position: The senators express continued commitment to passing the CLARITY Act, which they characterize as expanding opportunity, protecting consumers, punishing bad actors, and creating regulatory certainty for cryptocurrency, while including ethics provisions for elected officials.
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) issued the following statement regarding the CLARITY Act:
“Democrats have spent the last two years working to pass crypto legislation that would expand opportunity, protect consumers, punish bad actors, create regulatory certainty, and include strong, commonsense ethics provisions for elected officials.
“This week was a setback, but not the end of that important work. We remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion to get this legislation passed.”
Gallego, Colleagues Push to Stop Proposed Yosemite Land Transfer to Trump Donor
Position: The lawmakers oppose a proposed transfer of federally managed public land within Yosemite National Park to facilitate private access and development, arguing that public lands should remain in public ownership and that any land conveyance must serve a clear public benefit rather than private economic interests.
WASHINGTON — This week, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), and a bipartisan group of 152 lawmakers in urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to abandon a proposed transfer of federally managed public land within Yosemite National Park that would facilitate private access to and development of an 83-acre parcel adjacent to the park known as Hazel Green Ranch.
In their letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the lawmakers condemned recent reporting that indicated the Trump Administration is considering a proposal to exchange or convey an interest in an approximately quarter-mile strip of federally managed public land within Yosemite to facilitate access to private property owned by Kingsbarn, a company whose chief executive officer began making a series of donations to Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee in late 2024 — shortly after Kingsbarn acquired the Hazel Green Ranch property.
“At its core, this proposal appears to provide a private benefit at the expense of land that belongs to all Americans,” wrote the lawmakers. “Any decision to relinquish public land to private ownership should be supported by a clear and compelling public benefit, not merely the economic interests of a private party.”
The lawmakers also raised concerns about the Department’s proposal to use Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) authority to facilitate the exchange. The letter noted that the Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee did not agree to move forward with the project due to congressional objections.
“Public lands belong in public hands,” concluded the lawmakers. “Protection of public lands is a bipartisan issue, overwhelmingly supported by the American people from all walks of life.”
Gallego, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Reconvene Essential Travel and Tourism Board
Position: The senators urge the Trump administration to reconvene the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which has not met since the start of the president's second term, citing declines in international tourism and the need for industry input on federal policy decisions.
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and five more of their Democratic colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick urging the Department of Commerce to reconvene an essential travel and tourism board amidst a decline in international tourism to the United States.
The U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (TTAB) has provided a valuable forum for leaders across the travel and tourism industry to share their insight into the challenges facing the sector and provide direct input on federal tourism policy. However, this board has not met once since the start of President Trump’s second term, despite stark decreases in domestic and international tourism nationwide due to Trump administration policies.
“The travel and tourism industry is a vital part of our economy, supporting millions of jobs for Americans and sustaining many of our nation’s communities, making travel slowdowns all the more devastating,” wrote the senators. “Policymakers need to hear from industry leaders when making decisions that could have broad economic consequences, and without that input, legislators and the Administration risk making decisions without a full understanding of how they could affect the travel and tourism industry.”
Senators Gallego, Rosen and Klobuchar were joined by Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ).
WATCH: Gallego Calls for Senate Committee to Rein-in AI, Celebrates Supreme Court’s Mail-in Voting Decision
Position: Senator Gallego calls for establishing a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence to develop regulatory guardrails and international agreements on AI safety, and applauds the Supreme Court's decision blocking restrictions on mail-in voting.
WASHINGTON – Last night, on MSNOW’s “The Weeknight,” Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) echoed his call to establish a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence to rein-in the technology — largely in response to a former Anthropic researcher quitting his role and warning of an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves and, in turn, destroy humanity — and applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing President Trump’s executive order restricting vote-by-mail ahead of the midterm elections.
WATCH: MS NOW’s The Weeknight
On getting all stakeholders together to regulate AI: “We need experts to come in and talk to us—the people who are skeptics, the people who want to regulate, and the people who have a vision for AI. The problem that we have right now is that we don't know enough… We need to be bringing the best minds around us and figure out how to put up guardrails, and how to do it quickly.
“I’m glad that they [the AI companies] are coming out, but can we really trust people that have an interest, a very corporate—corporate interest for them, for whatever outcome, right? They have to respond to corporate shareholders. We have to respond to the American public, right? I have to make sure that whatever outcome that we decide to put together for these guardrails aren’t designed basically to cover their asses for whatever they mess up later, right?
On the first steps a Senate Select Committee would take: “The first thing we would fix is: get the people around you, besides those three [Musk, Dario, Altman], to give you the information you need to know how bad this is and where this is going.
“Step two is: Are we looking too small? You know, this is going to have to end up being an international agreement, right? Where we have to talk to not just China, the European Union, other friends and allies, to make sure that we all are staying together on this. Because if there’s any type of leakage, if any types of these agents go rogue, they’re not going to care if this was created in China. They will go after the United States and go after China later, or at the same time."
On President Trump dismissing concerns over AI: “This is why I'm very much in favor of putting a commission together that is akin to the 9/11 Commission to come up with the recommendations that we need, to put into text and move fast. And if their president doesn't want to vote for this, then we have the votes to override that president because it is bad.
“The voter is really scared about what’s happening right now. They’re scared that their jobs are going to be taken, that their lives are going to be taken. What we understand is humanity could be totally gone within a couple of years.”
On the victory in the Supreme Court over mail-in voting decision: “That's good for the voters. And look, Arizona—80% of voters in Arizona vote by mail. The vote-by-mail system was started by Republicans. It's safe. It's secure. We don't need last-minute chaos going into an election that's less than 60 days away.
“Let's continue moving forward. The Postal Service is there to deliver mail. They're not there to decide who can get ballots or not. That's the job of the secretaries of state.”
Gallego Statement on Failed CLARITY Act Cloture Vote
Position: Senator Gallego opposed the CLARITY Act cloture vote, arguing that Republicans prioritized appeasing President Trump over bipartisan ethics negotiations and that the bill lacked sufficient ethics provisions.
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement after voting against cloture on the CLARITY Act:
“All President Trump wants is for the Senate to give him time to crime, and I won’t support any piece of legislation that enables him. Just as Democrats and Republicans were making progress to address ethics concerns, Republican leadership ended talks and forced a vote. They were never serious about bipartisan negotiations.
"This legislation failed squarely because Republicans refuse to say no to the president. It takes 60 votes to pass a bill, and instead of spending their time twisting themselves into knots to appease President Trump, Republicans should have worked more closely with Senate Democrats to craft a bill that could pass with strong ethics provisions.”
What They Are Saying: Senator Gallego Unveils his Plan to Strengthen America’s Education System
Position: Senator Gallego released a comprehensive education reform plan focused on strengthening public education, particularly in rural, tribal, and high-poverty communities. The plan addresses educator retention, student mental health, academic recovery, and career pathways.
WASHINGTON – Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released his new plan to reform and strengthen America’s public education system. The four-pillar plan, “Class in Session: A Plan to Fix America’s Public Education System,” provides a pathway to bolster public education for every American student — especially those in rural, tribal, and high-poverty communities who often face barriers that extend beyond the classroom.
Read the full plan HERE.
Since its release last week, the plan has received support from AFT: Education, Healthcare, Public Services, National Education Association (NEA), Arizona Education Association (AEA), Pima County Joint Technical Education District (JTED), The School Superintendents Association (AASA), National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR), Somerton School Board President Juan Castillo,and Flagstaff Unified School District Superintendent Michael A. Penca.
Here’s what they are saying:
NEA AZ: "Senator Ruben Gallego is making clear that solving challenges facing public education requires more than talking about the problem—it requires real commitment to investing in students, educators, and the public schools they rely on. From the educator retention crisis and the rising cost of entering the teaching profession to student mental health, academic recovery, and ensuring every student has a pathway to college or a career, this initiative recognizes the interconnected challenges our public schools are facing” said AEA President Marisol Garcia.
“Senator Gallego has consistently stood up for public schools and public educators, and we welcome his continued leadership in advancing a national education agenda that invests in people and communities at the heart of our public education system.”
Somerton School Board President Juan Castillo: “As a lifelong educator and school board president, I strongly support the priorities outlined in this plan. Investing in our educators, protecting vital programs such as Title I and IDEA, expanding afterschool and summer learning, and preparing students for college and careers are essential to the future of Arizona. Every student, regardless of their ZIP code, background, or family income, deserves access to a high-quality public education and the opportunity to succeed."
JTED: “Pima JTED applauds Senator Ruben Gallego's comprehensive Education Plan for strengthening public education and ensuring all students have the opportunity to improve their lives through a quality education” said CEO and Superintendent Kathy Prather. “We can attest to the need to address inequities in teacher pay to attract and retain talented educators, and we have proven that enhancing and supporting Career and Technical Education helps students develop the academic, technical, and workplace skills needed for a successful life.”
See additional coverage below of Senator Gallego’s education plan:
AZ Mirror: ‘We can’t just be anti-Trumpers’: Gallego pitches education vision for Democratic majority
[Caitlin Sievers, 9/8/2026]
If Democrats take control of one or both chambers of Congress in November, U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego wants to be ready.
On Tuesday, Gallego released a wide ranging plan to reverse President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, and to improve public education across the country with increased support from the federal government.
“We can’t just be anti-Trumpers,” Gallego told the Arizona Mirror. “We have to actually have a vision of where we want to go with education.”
KTAR News: Sen. Ruben Gallego unveils 4-part plan to restore America’s public education system
[Shira Tanzer, 9/14/2026]
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego has introduced a four-part plan to restore the public education system across the country.
The Arizona Democrat’s goal is to increase access to education for every student, including those in rural, tribal and high-poverty areas, as well as to improve teacher retention, protect education funding and create school-to-workforce pathways.
Gallego told KTAR News 92.3 FM that the plan was created to improve schooling nationally, but it’s also personal.
“I have a 9-year-old boy. I worry about his education all the time,” he said. “And I have two other kids that are coming right behind him that will be starting school not too long after. And so, this is really a reflection of my worries about them, my hopes for them — and for the millions of other American kids too.”
WATCH: Gallego Calls for Immediate Congressional Oversight and Regulation on AI
Position: Senator Gallego advocates for immediate congressional oversight and regulation of artificial intelligence development, arguing that AI poses an existential threat requiring urgent bipartisan action and the establishment of a Senate Select Committee on AI to develop regulatory frameworks before dangerous autonomous systems are deployed.
WASHINGTON – In response to former Anthropic researcher quitting his role and warning of an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves and, in turn, destroy humanity, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has spoken out on the need for immediate congressional oversight.
WATCH: State of the Union with Jake Tapper
On the imminent danger of artificial intelligence: “This is not previous tech. Previous tech could not make a decision to kill us. When we turned on the internet it did not have autonomy. When we created the nuclear weapon, the nuclear weapon did not have the decision-making power to drop a nuclear weapon. AI has the capability and will have the capability to make decisions like that. This is more akin to Dr. Frankenstein telling us the monster is loose. Help me stop the monster.”
On the need of his proposed bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence: “Speaker Johnson is not meeting the moment. Trump’s not meeting the moment. The Senate and Congress are not meeting the moment. We need to get together as fast as possible with the smartest people, with the skeptics, with the people that want to regulate, the people that want to actually deal with this, people that are going to figure out how to actually have the perfect balance. We can’t just use this idea that if we do this, we’re somehow going to lose to China because AI does not care once it becomes fully dangerous whether we are Chinese or American. That’s the danger of this. Everyone’s thinking about this in a way that is based on old tech and not what’s going towards the future. This is why we need to get the people in the room.
“The way we are going about this is that we are hoping that some committee in the House or the Senate is just going to come together with some staffers and put together the framework that’s going to go into place maybe three years from now. We don’t have that time. Dr. Frankenstein is telling us the monster has escaped. Help us stop this.”
See additional coverage below:
Gallego Urges Senate Leadership to Establish Bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Position: Senator Gallego urges Senate leadership to establish a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence with subpoena power to address AI's risks and opportunities, including impacts on national security, workforce, elections, privacy, critical infrastructure, and children's safety.
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging them to support the establishment of a bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence beginning at the start of the next Congress.
This follows recent reporting from the Wall Street Journal that former Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, quit his role and warned of an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves and, in turn, destroy humanity. In response to his departure, Evan Hubinger — a top scientist at Anthropic — wrote that there is a more than ten-percent chance AI destroys humanity in the next decade, with no plan in place at the company to tackle the problem.
“AI is likely to be one of the most transformative technologies in human history. It has already accelerated drug discovery, expanded access to expert-level knowledge across numerous different fields, and improved productivity across industries, with one leading estimate suggesting the technology could raise global GDP by as much as 7 percent or nearly $7 trillion over a ten-year period,” Senator Gallego wrote.“But the same technology also presents serious and rapidly evolving challenges to our workforce, national security, elections, privacy, critical infrastructure, children, and the safety of the public.
Senator Gallego continued: “Congress does not need to resolve every disagreement among experts about timelines or probabilities to recognize that both the upside and the downside of this technology warrant an urgent and comprehensive response.”
Senator Gallego detailed how the committee should be explicitly bipartisan in membership and leadership, have subpoena power, and be charged with producing actionable legislative recommendations. He also insisted that it must hold hearings in response to national security concerns; respond to AI’s effect on American workers and the economy; asses the risks to children, consumers, privacy, civil rights, elections, and critical infrastructure; examine the energy and infrastructure demands of AI; and study how the United States can establish safeguards while also remaining the leaders in AI’s development.
“Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. Congress must move with it,” concluded Senator Gallego.
Click to read the full text of the letter HERE.
Gallego, Colleagues Demand Postal Service Halt Implementation of Unconstitutional Vote-by-Mail Restrictions
Position: Senators demand that the U.S. Postal Service halt implementation of the Trump administration's vote-by-mail executive order and rescind its rule on federal ballot mail, arguing the actions lack legal authority and risk disenfranchising voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
WASHINGTON – Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and John Fetterman (D-PA) in demanding that the United States Postal Service (USPS) immediately halt implementation of President Trump’s unlawful vote-by-mail executive order and rescind its recently finalized rule on federal ballot mail.
In a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner and the USPS Board of Governors, the senators warned that the Postal Service’s efforts to fundamentally change how absentee ballots are processed and delivered just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections risks disenfranchising millions of eligible voters and disrupting the smooth administration of the elections.
The lawmakers are also demanding the Postal Service provide overdue answers about what legal authority permits it to regulate federal election mail, its new ballot verification processes, and the operation of its Federal Ballot Mail Portal, as well as its efforts to comply with federal court orders.
“Despite repeated warnings from Congress and court orders not to implement the President’s unlawful directives to regulate mail-in voting, the Postal Service continues to carry out these actions, which will undermine peoples’ faith in the upcoming elections,” the senators wrote. “If the Postal Service does not immediately reverse its current course, it will inflict lasting harm to our democracy and permanently damage a storied American institution.”
On August 21, USPS finalized a rule to implement President Trump’s vote-by-mail executive order that would require states to provide absentee voter rolls to the federal government and comply with new ballot standards, while giving USPS the authority to verify and refuse to deliver ballots that do not meet its requirements. The senators argue that neither the President nor USPS has the legal authority to regulate absentee voting and noted that despite previous commitments to Congress that it would abide by judicial injunctions, the Postal Service finalized the rule while subject to a federal court order prohibiting it from doing so.
The Postal Service’s rule is also being challenged in several ongoing federal lawsuits, where the legality of the Administration’s vote-by-mail directives remains under review.
This letter continues Gallego's fight to protect mail-in voting from the Trump Administration. Earlier this month, he also released a statement in response to the whistleblower complaint from someone at the USPS. Also this month, he went on MS NOW's Morning Joe to discuss the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Trump’s mail-in voting executive order.
Read the full text of the letter HERE.
Source: GDELT 2.0 GKG, filtered to a curated list of national outlets. Inclusion is not endorsement; opinion pieces and reported news are mixed.
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.2024 SENATE IMPACT2 contributions$73,140
2.SENATE IMPACT PROJECTLeadership2 contributionsMember-of-Congress leadership PAC — supports Democratic Senate candidates and allied party initiatives.AI$72,700
4.SCHIFF(T) THE SENATELeadership3 contributionsMember-of-Congress leadership PAC affiliated with Adam Schiff — directs contributions to Democratic Senate candidates and allied party efforts.AI$47,637
5.BOOKER SENATE MAJORITYLeadership1 contributionMember-of-Congress leadership PAC affiliated with Senator Cory Booker — directs contributions to allied Democratic candidates and causes.AI$42,350
6.NAMES IN THE NEWS3 contributions$40,144
7.BLUE SENATE 2024Leadership1 contributionDemocratic Senate leadership PAC — supports Democratic Senate candidates and coordinates party fundraising for federal races.AI$34,763
8.MAJORITY FUND1 contribution$24,750
9.DCCCParty1 contributionDemocratic party committee — funds House Democratic candidates and coordinates national party support in federal races.AI$20,000
10.2024 GREEN SENATEIdeological1 contributionEnvironmental advocacy PAC focused on supporting Senate candidates aligned with climate and conservation priorities.AI$15,700
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.BLACKSTONE$31,500
2.SARES-REGIS$14,000
3.PAYWARD$14,000
4.Y COMBINATOR$11,750
5.EB5 UNITED$11,500
6.NAPOLI SHKOLNIK$10,000
7.PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$9,000
8.AZ DC CONSULTING$9,000
9.HUDSON REALTY CAPITAL$8,500
10.BGR GROUP$8,000
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
