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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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Jun 22, 2021

Our democracy is on the line.

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Jun 21, 2021

President Biden has committed to tackling corruption as an economic and national security priority.

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Jun 17, 2021

I rise to introduce the ``Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act.'' This legislation recognizes the need to hold bad actors accountable-- period. In order to build trust in our system of justice, we must allow individuals the right…

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Jun 15, 2021

the fraud, waste, and abuse is in and of itself meritorious, but to the extent that it gives a better ability to identify and root out dynamics such as white supremacy, I would argue, bring some urgency to it.

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Jun 15, 2021

I appreciate you are engaging the Department of Justice for what they and only they can do.

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Jun 15, 2021

the relationship that the Trump Administration and President Trump himself had with some of these fringe groups, which were, in large part, what led to January 6th.

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Jun 15, 2021

President Biden's ambitious climate agenda depends on the EPA's ability to hold polluters accountable and enforce strong environmental protections.

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Jun 15, 2021

The EPA has a critical role to play as we rise to meet the challenge of the climate crisis.

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Jun 9, 2021

But from this last election cycle, we learned specifically how dangerous it can be for election security to become politicized.

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Jun 9, 2021

I think we all agree that our right to vote is indeed the foundation of our democracy.

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Jun 8, 2021

I rise to introduce the ``Clean Water For Military Families Act.'' This legislation would provide $10 billion for the Department of Defense to conduct investigations and remediate PFAS contamination at and surrounding DOD installations in…

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Jun 8, 2021

I deeply thank you for highlighting in your testimony the failures by the Department of Defense and the EPA.

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