Alex Padilla

Our health care system is uniquely important and vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks and vulnerabilities, and the issue touches all of our constituents.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

The science shows that conserving our largest and oldest trees is crucial in the fight against the climate crisis.

It was great to see the recent $8.4 billion in wildfire investments in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

The climate crisis is our existential fight, and that includes responding to, and mitigating the effects of increasingly frequent and catastrophic wildfires.

Because of Section 230, we have an internet that is a democratizing force for speech, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

It is bad enough that Speaker McCarthy was willing to share with Tucker Carlson all the footage of January 6th.

Generative AI could radically reduce the cost and time while increasing the impact of misinformation and disinformation and propaganda.

Thank you Mr. Chair.

The science shows that conserving our largest and oldest trees is crucial in the fight against the climate crisis.

It was great to see the recent $8.4 billion in wildfire investments in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

The climate crisis is our existential fight, and that includes responding to, and mitigating the effects of increasingly frequent and catastrophic wildfires.

Because of Section 230, we have an internet that is a democratizing force for speech, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

Generative AI could radically reduce the cost and time while increasing the impact of misinformation and disinformation and propaganda.

It is bad enough that Speaker McCarthy was willing to share with Tucker Carlson all the footage of January 6th.

It was great to see the recent $8.4 billion in wildfire investments in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act.

Thank you very much. I'll just end with a note that while it's been a California specific line of questioning, this really applies to the broader western United States.

The science shows that conserving our largest and oldest trees is crucial in the fight against the climate crisis.

The climate crisis is our existential fight, and that includes responding to, and mitigating the effects of increasingly frequent and catastrophic wildfires.