"If you think a State as big as California, geographically, as well as population, can have a sufficient new grid structure, I don't see that happening statewide for a long time."
"And I would certainly welcome any help that we could get from the Federal Government by way of advice and consultation."
"I am very worried about what the weather brings for the West Coast."
"This well could mean that if Judge Barrett is confirmed, Americans stand to lose the benefits that the ACA provides."
"I am really concerned with fire on Federal lands and there is so much Federal land in California."
"My final question is we're a big State. There's a lot of land involved. Fire is bad. We lost about 5,000 homes last year in fire and fire on Federal land, which, as I said, is 51 percent of our forest..."
"In March of this year, Senator Padilla and I, along with 21 of our House colleagues, wrote to you and Secretary Vilsack requesting that the Federal wildland firefighting agencies continue the transiti..."
"I am very interested in hate crimes and there has been a very sharp increase in violence committed against Asian-Americans since the pandemic began."
"I think these are really important tools that empower family members and law enforcement to ask courts to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people found to be dangerous."
"I come from a big State, and it is many different people."
"I believe we can't tolerate this."
"I would hope that your Department of Justice would be particularly sensitive right now about anti-Asian hate crimes, because I think the increase of 150 percent has been quite dramatic."