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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.

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Sep 27, 2023

It was nothing short of striking that the national child poverty rate hit a record low of 5.2% in 2021.

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Sep 27, 2023

Focusing on cuts to benefits, cuts to coverage and cuts to access. When I believe what we should be discussing is ways to preserve and build on Medicare's many successes.

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Sep 27, 2023

We know there is numerous large nonpartisan organizations, I would emphasize that, nonpartisan groups that are dedicated to studying and tracking disinformation in order to help our democratic institutions combat it.

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Sep 27, 2023

I think Leader Schumer and others have encouraged us to consider balanced thinking.

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Sep 27, 2023

This work is now being chilled, and the researchers are being silenced.

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Sep 27, 2023

We know there is numerous large nonpartisan organizations, I would emphasize that, nonpartisan groups that are dedicated to studying and tracking disinformation in order to help our democratic institutions combat it.

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Sep 27, 2023

I think Leader Schumer and others have encouraged us to consider balanced thinking.

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Sep 26, 2023

I think Leader Schumer and others have encouraged us to consider balanced thinking.

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Sep 26, 2023

While we cannot combat disinformation--well, we cannot combat disinformation, whether it is AI disinformation or any other form, without fully understanding where disinformation comes from and how it impacts our elections.

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Sep 26, 2023

the national child poverty rate hit a record low of 5.2% in 2021.

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Sep 26, 2023

Focusing on cuts to benefits, cut--cuts to coverage and cuts to access. When I believe what we should be discussing is ways to preserve and build on Medicare's many successes.

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Sep 26, 2023

This work is now being chilled, and the researchers are being silenced.

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