I am committed to using every tool to protect free and fair elections, and the new Senate Election Observer Program will do just that.
Alex Padilla
The Public Record
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.
We are seriously alarmed that your marketing strategy includes paying numerous social media influencers willing to espouse unreliable information on elections.
There remains an urgent public purpose for the New River and Imperial County authorizations, given that an estimated 60 million gallons of water flow through the New River into the United States at Calexico each day.
Denying a domestic abuser access to a gun is one of the most obvious, common-sense steps we can take to protect survivors.
Attempts by the Administration to expedite the deportation of these children by limiting their access to immigration counsel deserves urgent oversight.
Despite these statutory protections, ORR has nevertheless taken drastic steps to gut legal representation for children.
Congress has, on a bipartisan basis, made clear that unaccompanied children should not be forced to represent themselves in immigration court…
I’m proud to announce more than $150 million in federal funding for Amtrak — an investment in the reliable, affordable rail service Californians count on.
We are concerned that this hiring decision in Shasta County has less to do with Ms. Peters’ qualifications, and more to do with the President’s obsession with interfering in the midterm elections.
California’s airports are critical to the millions of travelers, workers, and goods that keep our economy moving.
I’m grateful to the leaders on the front lines who are fighting back, and I will continue doing my part in Congress to protect the critical programs that Californians depend on.
The Trump Administration is ripping away billions of dollars that California communities rely on to keep people safe, housed, fed and healthy.
For these reasons and our deep concern regarding the treatment and protection of unaccompanied children, we call for an independent, timely, transparent, and public investigation at both the state and federal level into this award.
The firm appears to have little relevant experience with the legal and practical challenges that children face, raising serious concerns about the firm’s ability to provide not just representation but adequate, zealous representation.
Should this egregious trend continue, 11 projects in 10 states…that anticipate signing a CIG grant agreement this year could be subjected to senseless delay.
The growing backlog of projects in limbo due to FTA and OMB inaction is unacceptable.
This should be stopped immediately: Shasta County Registrar Clint Curtis is trying to hire election-denier Tina Peters to collude with the Trump Administration’s election mischief.
Children deserve competent representation by attorneys who practice at the intersection of child welfare and federal immigration law, but Americans also deserve to know why their federal dollars are being doled out to Trump’s friends and…
We request that you immediately rescind the July 2026 memo and reinstate the 2020 and 2024 guidance.
We should not price citizenship outside the reach of immigrants; instead, we should explore ways to encourage individuals to fulfill the American Dream.
Naturalization is a critical pathway to immigrant integration, civic engagement, and democratic participation, yet your agency’s actions represent a significant departure from these values.
USCIS’s actions have repeatedly increased the burden of and difficulty in obtaining U.S. citizenship.
We are very concerned that delaying the CIG project pipeline, while advancing only the Utah project, is potentially rooted in partisan political considerations, which could further violate statutory requirements.
In order to protect nursing home residents’ voting rights, we request that you immediately rescind the July 2026 memo and reinstate the 2020 and 2024 guidance.
The right to vote is guaranteed by the Constitution to all adult Americans, including nursing home residents.





