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U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, sent two letters opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to eliminate the 30-day mandatory public notice period that allows communities to provide input on proposed facilities, like data centers, that may affect the...
Last week, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego celebrated the unanimous passage of the North Rim Restoration Act out of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). The legislation addresses recovery efforts of the North Rim at the Grand Canyon after the devastating Dragon Bravo Fire in 2025. ...
Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act makes it easier for states and communities to use prescribed fires to reduce wildfire risk This week, the Senate unanimously passed Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego’s Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA) of 2026, bipartisan...
Senators seek answers following June deaths of four Rifle Helitack Crew firefighters Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Gary Peters (D-MI) called on the Department of Interior (DOI) to investigate the policies that preceded...
Last night, the Senate passed Arizona Senator Mark Kelly’s bipartisan resolution honoring the life and service of Nicholas Douglas Quets, a Tucson-born Marine Corps veteran who was murdered by the Sinaloa Cartel while traveling in Mexico in 2024. The resolution expresses condolences to Quets’ family...
Bipartisan legislation to make this happen passed the Senate last night, now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law Today, Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego celebrated final passage of the Chiricahua National Park Act, bipartisan...
