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Gallego, Ruben

Current

U.S. Senator · Democratic · AZ

Served 2015–present

(202) 224-4521302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
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Committee Assignments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropememberSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsmemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesmemberSenate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsmemberSenate Committee on Veterans' AffairsmemberBorder Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory AffairsmemberDigital Assetsranking memberEnergyranking memberFinancial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionmemberHousing, Transportation, and Community DevelopmentmemberNational ParksmemberWater and Powermember

Legislative Activity

60 bills/resolutions

Bills and resolutions this member sponsored, cosponsored, or that were referred to a committee they sit on.

S 5254
Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2026
2026-08-05
Committee referralS 4284
Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2026
2026-04-14
Committee referralS 4267
Strengthening American Nuclear Energy Act of 2026
2026-03-26
Committee referralS 4228
ACE Nuclear Energy Act of 2026
2026-03-26
Committee referral
SRES 467
A resolution designating October 30, 2025, as a national day of remembrance for the workers of the nuclear weapons program of the United States.
2025-10-27
Cosponsor
S 3016
Advancing Research in Nuclear Fuel Recycling Act of 2025
2025-10-16
Committee referral
SRES 61
A resolution expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
2025-02-05
Cosponsor
S 5157
Advancing Research in Nuclear Fuel Recycling Act of 2024
2024-09-24
Committee referral
SRES 321
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate relating to nuclear power and the commitment of the Senate to embracing and promoting nuclear power as a clean baseload energy source necessary to achieve a reliable, secure, and diversified electric grid.
2023-07-27
Committee referral
S 1928
Civil Nuclear Export Act of 2023
2023-06-12
Committee referralHR 3497
Uranium Miners and Workers Act of 2023
2023-05-18
CosponsorHR 3246
Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023
2023-05-11
CosponsorS 1112
Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act
2023-03-30
Committee referralS 763
Reduce Russian Uranium Imports Act
2023-03-09
Committee referralS 452
Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023
2023-02-15
Committee referralS 4066
Fueling Our Nuclear Future Act of 2022
2022-04-07
Committee referralS 3856
A bill to prohibit the importation of uranium from the Russian Federation.
2022-03-16
Committee referral
SJRES 40
A joint resolution formally apologizing for the nuclear legacy of the United States in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and affirming the importance of the free association between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands.
2022-03-01
Committee referral
S 3428
Fission for the Future Act
2021-12-16
Committee referralS 2896
Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act
2021-09-29
Committee referralHR 5376
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
2021-09-27
Committee referralHR 1554
Nuclear SLCM Ban Act of 2021
2021-03-03
Cosponsor
SRES 72
A resolution opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Iran's malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.
2021-02-24
Committee referral
HRES 737
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the efforts of the Federal Government to address the public health and environmental crisis on the Navajo Nation caused by abandoned uranium mines.
2019-12-03
Cosponsor
S 2368
Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019
2019-07-31
Committee referralS 2338
Preventing Nuclear Proliferation in Saudi Arabia Act of 2019
2019-07-30
Committee referral
HRES 495
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the prevention of Iran from obtaining or developing nuclear weapons.
2019-07-16
Cosponsor
HRES 374
Condemning Iranian state-sponsored terrorism and expressing support for the Iranian people's desire for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic of Iran.
2019-05-10
Cosponsor
S 1330
Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2019
2019-05-06
Committee referralS 1234
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2019
2019-04-30
Committee referralS 903
Nuclear Energy Leadership Act
2019-03-27
Committee referralHR 1760
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act
2019-03-14
Committee referralS 3422
Nuclear Energy Leadership Act
2018-09-06
Committee referralHR 6140
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act
2018-06-19
Committee referralS 2968
Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Whistleblower Protection Act of 2018
2018-05-24
Committee referralHR 4378
Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2018
2017-11-13
Committee referralS 1457
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act
2017-06-28
Committee referralHR 690
Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act
2017-01-24
Committee referralS 97
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
2017-01-11
Committee referralHR 5391
Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Act
2016-06-07
Committee referralS 2988
A bill to extend the sunset of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 in order to effectuate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in guaranteeing that all nuclear material in Iran remains in peaceful activities.
2016-05-25
Committee referralHR 4979
Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016
2016-04-18
Committee referralS 2461
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act
2016-01-21
Committee referralHR 4084
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act
2015-11-19
Committee referralS 1825
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act
2015-07-22
Committee referralS 1428
Excess Uranium Transparency and Accountability Act
2015-05-21
Committee referralS 1363
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to submit to Congress a report assessing the capability of the Department of Energy to authorize, host, and oversee privately funded fusion and fission reactor prototypes and related demonstration facilities at sites owned by the Department of Energy.
2015-05-18
Committee referralS 854
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2015
2015-03-24
Committee referralS 792
Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015
2015-03-18
Committee referralS 269
Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015
2015-01-27
Committee referralHR 5629
Strengthening Domestic Nuclear Security Act of 2014
2014-09-18
Committee referralS 1765
Iran Nuclear Compliance Act of 2013
2013-11-21
Committee referralS 1240
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013
2013-06-27
Committee referralHR 850
Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013
2013-02-27
Committee referralS 3469
Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2012
2012-08-01
Committee referralS 2176
Nuclear Waste Fund Relief and Rebate Act
2012-03-08
Committee referralS 1067
Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Improvement Act of 2011
2011-05-25
Committee referralS 860
A bill to ensure that methodologies and technologies used by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to screen for and detect the presence of chemical, nuclear, biological, and radiological weapons in municipal solid waste are as effective as the methodologies and technologies used by the Bureau to screen for those materials in other items of commerce entering the United States through commercial motor vehicle transport.
2011-04-14
Committee referralS 512
Nuclear Power 2021 Act
2011-03-08
Committee referralS 342
Republic of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act of 2011
2011-02-14
Committee referral

Voting Record

HR 1: On Passage of the Bill
2025-07-01
nay
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-07-01
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-07-01
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-07-01
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
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yea
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yea
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yea
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yea
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yea
HR 1: On the Motion
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yea
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yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
nay
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
HR 1: On the Motion
2025-06-30
yea
HR 1: On the Decision of the Chair
2025-06-30
nay
HR 1: On the Motion to Proceed
2025-06-28
nay