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Alex Padilla: “Today is not a serious attempt to address the kind of corruption here in Washington that the American people may care…”

On the recordOctober 1, 2026
Today is not a serious attempt to address the kind of corruption here in Washington that the American people may care about.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Response to the proposed stock trading bill.

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