Alex Padilla actually said...

"But to hold hostage for a budget conversation is wrong, and the exact budget plan not being offered or suggested, or considered, but passed by House Republicans would only make a horrible, horrible si..."

"We can and should do, we've done numerous times before under democratic and republican administrations, pass a clean lifting of the debt ceiling."

"if we expand the numbers of people being able to lawfully come and make that process a little bit easier, clearer, that benefits everybody, and it takes at least some of the pressure off those who see..."

"It is lawful to seek asylum at our border, whether they arrive at a port of entry or not."