Alex Padilla

I was glad to participate in a recent hearing on wildfires to highlight the importance of investing in climate and disaster mitigation, especially since the costs pale in comparison to the costs of inaction.

This Committee has been clear, and has worked successfully with the Biden administration, to put forward nominees for the bench that have a diverse set, of both professional as well as life experience

We need to continue this collaboration, we need the EPA to expedite reductions in pollution from these mobile sources.

Your rules, like the EPA's recent rule strengthening emissions standards for heavy duty vehicles, are establishing some of the most significant protection that we have seen in decades.

Years of underfunding during the Trump administration has made it particularly challenging for EPA to fulfill its obligation to these disproportionately impacted communities.

There ought to be some flexibility to recognize the ability to pay in some communities, and some households.

I was glad to participate in a recent hearing on wildfires to highlight the importance of investing in climate and disaster mitigation, especially since the costs pale in comparison to the costs of inaction.

This Committee has been clear, and has worked successfully with the Biden administration, to put forward nominees for the bench that have a diverse set, of both professional as well as life experience

Congratulations to all three nominees and their families.

First do no harm, and I think that is inclusive of protecting somebody's personal and health information.

First do no harm, and I think that is inclusive of protecting somebody's personal and health information.

Our health care system is uniquely important and vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks and vulnerabilities.

These families won't be able to return to their homes probably for months.

We'd be in dire straits. That's exactly where we would be.

Addressing the Salton Sea is a critical linchpin of securing long-term deals to address water use in the Colorado River Basin.

The $4 billion included in the Inflation Reduction Act for the Colorado River I think should be just seen as a down payment, given the magnitude of the crisis facing the seven states.

As you know, despite all the recent rain in the states of California and other areas of the west, we still face a crisis on the Colorado River, as drying conditions bring water reservoirs along the Colorado River to dangerously low levels.

These families won't be able to return to their homes probably for months.

We should be thinking beyond just the benefit/cost ratio in order to ensure we're protecting vulnerable communities equitably.

The systemic consideration of these factors by the Army Corps of Engineers... disadvantages projects that would protect communities like this one.

We'd be in dire straits. That's exactly where we would be.

Addressing the Salton Sea is a critical linchpin of securing long-term deals to address water use in the Colorado River Basin.

As you know, despite all the recent rain in the states of California and other areas of the west, we still face a crisis on the Colorado River, as drying conditions bring water reservoirs along the Colorado River to dangerously low levels.

The $4 billion included in the Inflation Reduction Act for the Colorado River I think should be just seen as a down payment, given the magnitude of the crisis facing the seven states.

There's no denying that we have a gun violence epidemic in the United States of America.