Alex Padilla actually said...

"Thank you, Chairman Durbin, and Ranking Member Graham."

"it's not just communities and homes and businesses, but important rail line, second busiest rail region, second only to the northeast corridor"

"California is the bell weather for the climate crisis, whether it's feeling and responding to the immediate impacts of extreme heat on our most vulnerable, flooding, and what it means for drinking wat..."

"being smart and strategic with those funds and investments do pay a huge dividend, not if, but when if major disasters happen"