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Gallego, Kelly, Cortez Masto, Rosen Demand Answers Over NLRB Lease Cancellation Threatening Arizona Workers’ Rights

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) sent a letter to General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian and other officials demanding answers on a reported plan to cancel the lease for the NLRB Region 28 Phoenix office, which investigates unfair labor practices and protects the right of workers to act together.   “The office is vital for workers who seek to exercise their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to collectively join together to bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces,” the Senators wrote. “As we have seen with regard to DOGE’s chaotic and ill-informed

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Gallego, Kelly, Stanton, Ansari Demand Answers from DHS and ICE After Arrests at Phoenix Immigration Court

“Finite ICE resources should be focused on removing individuals who pose genuine threats to public safety, such as gang members and violent offenders, not people complying with the law.” WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly and Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) andYassamin Ansari (AZ-03) demanded answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) following reports that ICE abruptly detained multiple individuals who were attending their scheduled immigration court hearings in Phoenix last week.   READ MORE: ‘Troubling’: Arizona’s US lawmakers demand answers over ICE courthouse arrests “As lawmakers representing a border state, we know firsthand the impact that decades of federal inaction have had

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Gallego, Kelly, Stanton, Ansari Urge HHS and DOJ to Streamline Domestic Violence Victim Services Funding

“These reckless disruptions will have unnecessary and lasting negative impacts on Arizona survivors of domestic violence and reduce public safety” WASHINGTON – Today, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, alongside Representatives Greg Stanton (AZ-04) and Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Attorney General Pam Bondi urging them to reverse recent policy changes that have delayed or terminated federal funding for victim service programs. The lawmakers warned that these disruptions are putting survivors of domestic and sexual violence at risk and forcing Arizona providers to cut back essential victim services.   “Cuts to victim services directly threaten the safety and

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