Alex Padilla

I ask unanimous consent that the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee be discharged from and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3242. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 4477)…

I think there's a lot of reason for concern of the second Trump administration, if the first administration is any indicator.

There's a lot of reason for concern of the second Trump administration, if the first administration is any indicator.

Let the federal government do the federal government's job, but have state and local officials do the state and local officials' job.

We embrace our diversity. Our diversity is what has made our communities thrive and our economy thrive.

We're not going to utilize state and local resources to do the federal government's job for them.

We're trying to inoculate ourselves from those types of threats.

No state government... has a constitutional authority to impose federal immigration law.

If it's legal assistance, legal advice, legal support, that's just the California way.

We're trying to make sure those waivers… are locked in before the end of the Biden administration.

That's what California leaders and municipal leaders throughout the state are saying. You know, we're not going to utilize state and local resources to do the federal government's job for them.

No state government, not Texas, not California, not any state in the nation, has a constitutional authority to impose federal immigration law.

I rise to introduce the Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act. This bill would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a new program to improve prediction of these important storm systems. This bill…

I would happily give you 75 cents for that dollar bill in your hands.

This is not a blue state or a red state issue. This is an every state issue.

That is what led me to secure language in the recent spending bill to study the idea of establishing a secondary market for construction loans.

That is what led me to secure language in the recent spending bill to study the idea of establishing a secondary market for construction loans.

The federal government has a critical and important role to play, and it must play that role.

I know Senator Warner brought up the topic of GSEs in the context of the investor pools.

Reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from California.

I rise to introduce the Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act of 2024. This legislation would amend section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act to establish a rebuttable presumption that carrying a visible firearm around election-related…

reserving the right to object, today marks the third time that I have come down to the floor to object to this bill--not the first time, not the second time, three times. Madam President, in this particular case, the third time is not the…

We need the federal government to partner.

I rise to introduce the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act. This legislation would expand the boundary of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge by approximately 5,658 acres to conserve additional land in Solano…