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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.

Quotes by year · 2012–20261,477 total · peak 2026 (474)
2012: 2 quotes2016: 3 quotes2017: 1 quote2019: 12 quotes2020: 14 quotes2021: 133 quotes2022: 107 quotes2023: 448 quotes2024: 155 quotes2025: 128 quotes2026: 474 quotes
Aug 28, 2026

I am committed to using every tool to protect free and fair elections, and the new Senate Election Observer Program will do just that.

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Aug 27, 2026

We are seriously alarmed that your marketing strategy includes paying numerous social media influencers willing to espouse unreliable information on elections.

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Aug 26, 2026

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.

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Aug 21, 2026

Denying a domestic abuser access to a gun is one of the most obvious, common-sense steps we can take to protect survivors.

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Aug 21, 2026

Attempts by the Administration to expedite the deportation of these children by limiting their access to immigration counsel deserves urgent oversight.

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Aug 21, 2026

Despite these statutory protections, ORR has nevertheless taken drastic steps to gut legal representation for children.

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Aug 21, 2026

Congress has, on a bipartisan basis, made clear that unaccompanied children should not be forced to represent themselves in immigration court…

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Aug 20, 2026

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.

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Aug 20, 2026

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.

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Aug 19, 2026

California’s airports are critical to the millions of travelers, workers, and goods that keep our economy moving.

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Aug 19, 2026

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.

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Aug 19, 2026

The Trump Administration is ripping away billions of dollars that California communities rely on to keep people safe, housed, fed and healthy.

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Aug 18, 2026

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.

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Aug 18, 2026

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.

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Aug 18, 2026

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.

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Aug 18, 2026

The growing backlog of projects in limbo due to FTA and OMB inaction is unacceptable.

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Aug 18, 2026

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.

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Aug 15, 2026

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…

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Aug 15, 2026

We request that you immediately rescind the July 2026 memo and reinstate the 2020 and 2024 guidance.

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Aug 15, 2026

We should not price citizenship outside the reach of immigrants; instead, we should explore ways to encourage individuals to fulfill the American Dream.

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Aug 15, 2026

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.

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Aug 15, 2026

USCIS’s actions have repeatedly increased the burden of and difficulty in obtaining U.S. citizenship.

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Aug 14, 2026

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.

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Aug 14, 2026

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.

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Aug 14, 2026

The right to vote is guaranteed by the Constitution to all adult Americans, including nursing home residents.

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