Alex Padilla actually said...

"we have an ongoing need for robust Federal funding for housing programs, more urgent now than it has ever been."

"the climate crisis is leading to more frequent and more severe wildfires."

"People of color, particularly those who have the audacity to try to be the first, often have to work twice as hard to get half the respect."

"I am here as a proud son of immigrants from Mexico, who came to this country with little formal education but with big dreams and a tremendous work ethic."