Trump is not a monarch and should stop acting like one.

There was no threat. There was no lunging. I raised my voice to ask a question.

You broke the law in sharing classified information and in doing so, endangered the lives of our service members that you are responsible for.

The assault on Senator Padilla today was an assault on freedom of speech in our country.

There was no threat. There was no lunging.

We will hold this administration accountable.

Come on! Is this really leadership? You’re an embarrassment to the United States.

If this how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day…

By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive, they vandalized property, they tried to assault police officers.

This must end now.

This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived.

The rule of law has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don.

Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves. But they do not stop there.

The most recent and optimistic estimate I’ve seen suggested that the average household will see on the order of $1,000 reduction in income.

He is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one.

I am Senator Alex Padilla, I have questions for the secretary.

We will hold this administration accountable.

The Founding Fathers did not live and die to see that happen in this country for no reason whatsoever other than vanity theater to instill fear, to incite a response.