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Alex Padilla

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Alex Padilla is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since January 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Kamala Harris when she became Vice President. Padilla is the first Latino senator from California and has focused on issues such as immigration reform, climate change, and healthcare access during his tenure. He previously served as the Secretary of State of California from 2015 to 2021, where he worked on expanding voting access and modernizing the state's election system.

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Jul 19, 2022

Restoring these unceded lands to the stewardship of the Karuk Tribe is a long overdue moral imperative.

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Jul 18, 2022

Thank you, Madam Chair. I know we are here to talk about the DISCLOSE Act, and I am looking forward to the important hearing and discussion.

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Jul 18, 2022

It seems that in the last decade the Supreme Court has specifically made it harder for some people to vote and easier for the wealthy to influence elections.

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Jul 18, 2022

Now, under the DISCLOSE Act, organizations spending more than $10,000 on campaign related activity would be required to disclose any donor who contributed more than $10,000.

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Jul 12, 2022

Thank you. I want to piggyback on the question and topic raised by Senator Markey about hyper-local monitoring.

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Jun 30, 2022

The reason you had these tragedies is because the lawful migration pathways just aren’t there. It’s not working.

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Jun 30, 2022

We’ll terminate the program as soon as legally permissible.

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Jun 30, 2022

America deserves better.

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Jun 30, 2022

I do believe so. And I think they have said as much. You referenced the department`s statement today that they would end the program as soon as legally feasible, which should be much sooner rather than later.

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Jun 30, 2022

Reform is absolutely needed the Supreme Court toss reminder that the Congress needs to do its job, when Supreme Court starts undoing established policy, then we need to act to embed those rights starting with Roe v. Wade, into federal law.

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Jun 23, 2022

I rise to speak in support of the Fairness for Farmworkers Act, which I introduced today. Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, farmworkers continued to keep our country going. This was especially true in California--the agricultural…

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Jun 23, 2022

the first thing you need to know about picking radishes is that it is hard work. You have to work literally on your knees, and you pick each radish out of the ground by hand--no machines, no tools. I learned how to pick radishes and…

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