Press Releases

WATCH: Padilla and officials encourage students to apply for financial aid ahead of California’s priority deadline on May 2 CALIFORNIA — Today, a week before the upcoming California priority deadline, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) hosted a webinar alongside representatives...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) celebrated President Biden signing the Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act into law as part of the national security supplemental package. The bipartisan legislation, which Senator Padilla co-led...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) applauded the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of the first-ever national goal to transition to a zero-emissions freight sector for the truck, rail, aviation, and marine industries, along with a commitment to develop...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Senate passed a national security supplemental funding package to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific as well as humanitarian assistance for civilians in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler (both D-Calif.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials expressing serious concerns about recent complaints regarding the safety and well-being of juveniles...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, as Californians celebrate Earth Day, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced that he secured $249,800,000 for California’s Solar for All project to help deliver residential solar for low-income and disadvantaged communities across the state. The funding,...