Alex Padilla: “I want to thank Senator Merkley for his leadership in introducing both the Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2021 and…”

I am committed to using every tool to protect free and fair elections, and the new Senate Election Observer Program will do just that.

Extending this constitutional protection to private individuals — who hold no official government position, take no oath to support the Constitution, and are exempt from federal ethics and record-keeping laws — fundamentally distorts the…

American service members deserve better and the American people deserve better.

The nation’s 1.2 million nursing home residents face unique problems in obtaining access to the voting booth, and must not be denied their rights because they are disabled, elderly, lack transit, or face difficulties in obtaining a ballot…