Alex Padilla

I was proud to partner with Senator Cornyn to introduce our Power On Act in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that passed the Senate in August.

Joseph Biden was elected President of the United States, period. Donald Trump lost, period.

Administrations have exploited some gaps in law and undermined the efficacy of the Inspectors General.

Inspectors General play a key role in our democracy by independently and objectively working to expose waste, fraud, and abuse.

Congress did pass the Inspector General Act in the wake of the Watergate scandal as a means of ensuring integrity and accountability in the Executive Branch.

The science is clear. To adequately address the climate crisis, we must protect natural spaces.

Protected lands are our best natural weapon for capturing carbon from the atmosphere, reducing emissions, and ensuring clean air for all.

Public lands are exactly that--they belong to the public.

I urge the committee to support Mayor Garcetti's nomination.

The Stafford Act... has given short shrift to communities facing wildfires specifically.

In 2020, the State experienced more than 10,000 fire incidents, more than 4.2 million acres burned, and more than 10,000 structures were damaged or destroyed.

I particularly appreciate you mentioning the impact on mental health of firefighters.

I want to strongly condemn the inhumane treatment of Haitians or anyone else who is fleeing violence or natural disasters.

I wouldn`t want to be a Senate Republican that votes by the way against emergency funding for the victims of the hurricane in Louisiana.

Adult undocumented immigrants have been in the United States on average for 18 years... They deserve to live without fear of deportation.

Are we shocked and surprised that Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are being obstructionist once again and trying to box Democrats in with their only lens the 2022 election? Of course not.

We are not giving up the fight. We know how important this is particularly for my home state of California.

That's what it's going to boil down to, right? The crossroads are now 10 Republicans to step up and do the right thing or, short of that, redo, undo these outdated rules in the United States Senate for the sake of our democracy, and, yes…

That's what it's going to boil down to, right?

They cannot insist that changes to election law at the federal level has to be done on a bipartisan basis, while they are complicit with partisan attacks on our right to vote in statehouse after statehouse across America.

Look, I'm not going to try to go through the exercise of naming 10, because, frankly, I think all 50 should be on board.

If we were able to focus on just some more important pieces of voting rights, access to the ballots, and we already start with the united Democratic caucus, then I think we`re one step closer to either getting the votes necessary on the…

So that means during a pandemic, do not kick people out of their homes and do not put them on the streets.

So if we were able to focus on just some more important pieces of voting rights, access to the ballots, and we already start with the united Democratic caucus, then I think we`re one step closer to either getting the votes necessary on the…

The importance and the urgency with which we need to act.