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=<div>...This push to open up the monument is right in line with the Trump administration's devastating management plans which would gut the remaining 15% of the monument — more than 80,000 acres of spectacular landscape filled with historic and cultural sites — ignoring the will of tribal communities in the region and handing over huge tracts of land to Big Polluters to mine and drill. Allowing uranium, oil, and gas production on these lands could open sacred sites to desecration, and irreparably damage pristine natural and cultural landscapes. Here's how we fight back: Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) has introduced the Bears Ears Expansion and Respect for Sovereignty (BEARS) Act in the House, which would protect the original Bears Ears monument designated by President Obama and expand the monument to the full 1.9 million acres that tribal communities have worked to protect. If this bill passes, Trump would be barred from selling off this sacred, untouched land to the highest bidder. To make that happen, we're mobilizing 15,000 LCV
<div><div></div><div><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/dont-fall-for-it-arizona-congressman-and-former-marine-who-gets-the-same-intel-as-tom-cotton-warns-some-gopers-are-exaggerating-the-iran-threat/">https://www.alternet.org/2019/05/dont-fall-for-it-arizona-congressman-and-former-marine-who-gets-the-same-intel-as-tom-cotton-warns-some-gopers-are-exaggerating-the-iran-threat/</a>

</div><div>Before Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona pursued a career in politics, he served in the United States military: Gallego was a Marine infantryman in Iraq in 2005. And the 39-year-old Democratic congressman is warning that the push for a military confrontation with Iran in 2019 is full of <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/18/i-get-same-intel-iran-threat-exaggerated-by-gop-hawks-rep-gallego-says/?utm_term=.2ae7b434d373" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">misleading assertions</a>.</div><div class="p1_6" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gallego, now a member of the House Armed Services Committee, received a classified briefing on May 17—and the following day, he told the Washington Post, “What I saw was a lot of misinterpretation and wanting conflict coming from the administration and intelligence community. Intel doesn’t show existential threats. Even what it shows, it doesn’t show threats to U.S. interests.”<div class="p2_6" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="alt_ad_block story-page-in-content-graph-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="teadsNative" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The claim that Iran poses a major threat to the U.S. in 2019, according to Gallego, is mainly being advanced by National Security Adviser John Bolton and Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. On Saturday, Gallego took to Twitter and warned, “I get the same intel as Cotton. He is greatly exaggerating the situation to spur us to war. Don’t fall for it.”<div class="p3_6" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">President Donald Trump has been highly critical of President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State John Kerry on Iran policy, terminating their arms agreement with the Iranian government. But Trump has, at times, been quite critical of neocons as well. And according to the Washington Post, Trump has reportedly become <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-frustrated-by-advisers-is-not-convinced-the-time-is-right-to-attack-iran/2019/05/15/bbf5835e-1fbf-4035-a744-12799213e824_story.html?utm_term=.e209ad9ea25a&tid=a_inl_manual" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">frustrated with Bolton</a>as well as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over Iran—believing them to be unnecessarily hawkish with that country.<div class="p4_6" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Deterrence is important to contain bad actors like Iran, but there has to be a fine line between deterrence and escalation,” Gallego told the Washington Post. “We can’t automatically go to war because a 17-year-old fires an AK-47 at U.S. interests.”<div class="p5_6" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After serving in the Arizona State Senate for four years, Gallego was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and was reelected in 2016 and 2018.<div></div></div><div>
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Pete P. Gallego (born December 2, 1961) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> politician who was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 23rd congressional district">Texas's 23rd congressional district</a> from 2013 to 2015. Gallego, a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, previously served as a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Texas House of Representatives">Texas House of Representatives</a> from the 74th district beginning in 1991.

Gallego defeated freshman incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quico_Canseco" title="Quico Canseco">Quico Canseco</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" title="San Antonio, Texas" class="mw-redirect">San Antonio</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="Texas's 23rd congressional district">Texas's 23rd congressional district</a> seat in the November 6, 2012, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general election</a>. Canseco conceded the race on November 9.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Gallego ran for re-election in 2014, in what the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Tribune" title="Texas Tribune" class="mw-redirect">Texas Tribune</a> called the "only obviously competitive November congressional race" in Texas.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-2">[2]</a> He was defeated by Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">Will Hurd</a>

on November 4, 2014. He is currently running for Congress once more in

the 23rd district and faces a rematch with Hurd on November 8, 2016.

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Early_career">1 Early career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#State_legislature">2 State legislature</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#U.S._House_of_Representatives">3 U.S. House of Representatives</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Elections">3.1 Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Committee_assignments">3.2 Committee assignments</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Political_positions">4 Political positions</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Healthcare">4.1 Healthcare</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Abortion">4.2 Abortion</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Immigration">4.3 Immigration</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Energy">4.4 Energy</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#Personal_life">5 Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#See_also">6 See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#References">7 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#External_links">8 External links</a></li></ul>

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<h2>Early career</h2>

After graduating from law school, Gallego became an assistant in the office of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Texas" title="Attorney General of Texas" class="mw-redirect">state attorney general</a>,

before he returned to his hometown of Alpine to become a prosecutor. He

was also an attorney at the law firm Brown McCarroll LLP, with an

office in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-journal-3">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-nationaljournal-4">[4]</a>

<h2>State legislature</h2>

Elected to the Texas House from District 74 in 1990, Gallego was the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic" title="Hispanic">Hispanic</a>

to represent this vast border district. In 1991, he became the first

freshman member and the first ethnic minority member ever elected as

chair of the House Democratic Caucus, a post he held until January 2001.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-journal-3">[3]</a>

In the Texas House, Gallego served on the board of directors of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Latino_Elected_Officials" title="National Association of Latino Elected Officials" class="mw-redirect">National Association of Latino Elected Officials</a> (NALEO), and four terms as Chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American_Legislative_Caucus" title="Mexican American Legislative Caucus">Mexican American Legislative Caucus</a>

(MALC), a caucus of Texas representatives who are of Mexican-American

descent or who serve a significant Mexican-American constituency. In

2008, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Martinez_Fischer" title="Trey Martinez Fischer">Trey Martinez Fischer</a> replaced Gallego as Chairman of MALC.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-journal-3">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-5">[5]</a>

Gallego's state legislative career included chairmanships of the

General Investigating Committee and several select and subcommittees.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

He has also served as a member of the Committees on Appropriations,

Calendars, Criminal Jurisprudence, Higher Education, and Elections.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

In 2008, Gallego narrowly missed being elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives">Speaker of the Texas House</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-announce-6">[6]</a>

<h2>U.S. House of Representatives</h2>

<h3>Elections</h3>

<div role="note" class="hatnote">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas,_2012#District_23" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012">United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2012 § District 23</a></div>

Gallego announced his candidacy for the 23rd district in September 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-alpine-7">[7]</a> His state house district was virtually coextensive with the central portion of the congressional district.

He finished second in the Democratic primary, behind former congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciro_Rodriguez" title="Ciro Rodriguez">Ciro Rodriguez</a>, who had received <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>’s endorsement. He then defeated Rodriguez in the July 31 runoff election by a margin of 55-45 percent.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-9">[9]</a> During the course of his campaign, Gallego overhauled his campaign staff four times.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-campaign-10">[10]</a>

In the general election, Gallego defeated Canseco with 50 percent of

the vote to Canseco's 46 percent, a margin of 9,200 votes. While Gallego

lost in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexar_County" title="Bexar County" class="mw-redirect">Bexar County</a>,

home to more than half the district's population, he dominated his

former state house district. The campaign between Gallego and Canseco

was contentious, with Gallego alleging that Canseco was a "right-wing

extremist," and Canseco calling Gallego a "radical environmentalist."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-campaign-10">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-11">[11]</a>

Gallego was supported by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition" title="Blue Dog Coalition">Blue Dog Coalition</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

<div role="note" class="hatnote">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Texas,_2014#District_23" title="United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014">United States House of Representatives elections in Texas, 2014 § District 23</a></div>

Gallego ran for re-election in 2014. Facing no opposition from his own party, he won the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-15">[15]</a> He faced Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Hurd" title="Will Hurd">Will Hurd</a>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" title="African American" class="mw-redirect">African American</a>, in the general election.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Gallego was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Congressional_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's</a>

Frontline Program. The program is designed to help protect vulnerable

Democratic incumbents. He lost his bid for re-election to Republican

Will Hurd by less than 2,500 votes.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-17">[17]</a>

<h3>Committee assignments</h3>

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Agriculture" title="United States House Committee on Agriculture">Committee on Agriculture</a>

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_General_Farm_Commodities_and_Risk_Management" title="United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management">Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Livestock,Rural_Development,and_Credit" title="United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit" class="mw-redirect">Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit</a></li></ul>

</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a>

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Readiness" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness">Subcommittee on Readiness</a></li></ul>

</li></ul>

<h2>Political positions</h2>

<h3>Healthcare</h3>

Gallego opposes repeal of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act" class="mw-redirect">Affordable Care Act</a> and voted against repeal in May 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-20">[20]</a>

Gallego's support for the Affordable Care Act has been attacked in

advertisements by the Libre Initiative, a conservative Hispanic outreach

group.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-22">[22]</a>

Gallego opposes a Medicare voucher system<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and says that he supports Medicaid expansion and prescription drug negotiations.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-24">[24]</a>

<h3>Abortion</h3>

Gallego supported an abortion law allowing minors to get an abortion

with parental consent. Under the legislation a minor would have been

able to bypass the requirement for parental consent by petitioning a

judge.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-nationaljournal-4">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-mailer-25">[25]</a>

<h3>Immigration</h3>

Gallego has said that border security and immigration reform are two

separate issues. He advocates improved “worker accountability programs,

using border security as an economic tool and aiding the current 11

million undocumented individuals in a path to citizenship”, writing with

several others in an opinion piece in the El Paso Times that,

"We can no longer delay immigration reform. The time to move forward is

now." Gallego has said "Most people don’t really care where the idea

comes from. They want action, they want something to happen, and they’re

tired of the prolonged conversation." Gallego has expressed support for

President Obama's immigration policies. He supports the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act" title="DREAM Act">DREAM Act</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-27">[27]</a>

In 2014, Gallego invited Speaker of the House John Boehner to the

Southern Border to view the humanitarian crisis and discuss the matter

with local border patrol agents and community members.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-28">[28]</a>

<h3>Energy</h3>

Gallego has been supported by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-29">[29]</a> According to Texas Climate News, Gallego's 2012 congressional victory "earned the celebratory attention of climate-action advocates."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Gallego has voiced support for renewable and clean energy sources. The Sierra Club called Gallego a "clean energy champion."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_%28magazine%29" title="Mother Jones (magazine)">Mother Jones</a> included Gallego in a list of the "Top Five Climate Hawks" who were elected to office in November 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-32">[32]</a>

<h2>Personal life</h2>

Born in Alpine, Gallego graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sul_Ross_State_University" title="Sul Ross State University">Sul Ross State University</a> in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>. In 1985, he earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_School_of_Law" title="University of Texas School of Law">University of Texas School of Law</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-journal-3">[3]</a>

In 2012, Gallego began drawing pension benefits from the state of

Texas in addition to his annual congressional salary of $174,000.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-34">[34]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Gallego#cite_note-35">[35]</a>

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<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States" title="Hispanics in the United States" class="mw-redirect">Hispanics in the United States</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American" class="mw-redirect">Mexican-Americans</a></li></ul>

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December 17, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC—The League of Conservation Voters

(LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect candidates who will implement

sound environmental policies, announced today its endorsement of Pete

Gallego for Congress (TX-23). Gallego supports bipartisan solutions that

will advance clean energy and protections for our country’s iconic

landscapes.

“We need Pete Gallego back in Congress—he was a critical conservation

ally in the Texas delegation,” said LCV Action Fund President Gene

Karpinski. “During his tenure in Congress, he was a strong supporter of

clean renewable energy, which creates jobs in Texas and around the

country, improves our national security, and benefits the environment.

He’s a Lone Star ally we want back by our side.”

“Gallego’s leadership is much needed in Texas’ 23rd District," said

Texas League of Conservation Voters Executive Director Elizabeth Doyel.

 "He’s demonstrated his devotion to southwest Texas by helping local

partners secure funding for water management efforts and for educating

families on the dangers of exposure to pesticides, mercury and lead.

We’re thrilled to support Pete Gallego’s efforts to return to office."

"I am humbled and honored to receive the endorsement of the League of

Conservation Voters Action Fund. From my home in the majestic beauty of

the Big Bend country and throughout rest of our state, God blessed

Texas with the most wondrous and incredible environment,” said Gallego.

“Our job now is to be good stewards - to both grow our economy and

protect our legacy for our children. I look forward to returning to

Congress and working with LCV to keep Texas businesses profitable,

enhance opportunities for investment in new technologies and protect the

legacies of Texas for our kids and grandkids."

Gallego served in the U.S. House of Representatives where he proved

himself an ally on clean energy and conservation. He co-sponsored bills

to promote clean energy development, provide tax incentives for small

businesses and spur job growth in Texas and across the country. He also

voted against harmful cuts to funding for clean energy and energy

efficiency industries.

As a U.S. congressman, Gallego worked to preserve several of Texas’

much-loved natural landscapes.  He advocated for the continued

protection of Big Bend National Park, co-sponsored legislation to expand

the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, and opposed attacks

on one of our most important conservation laws, the Antiquities Act.

During his 22 years in the Texas state legislature, Gallego

introduced legislation and amendments that protected the parks budget

and strengthened emission standards for pipelines.
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