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SpaceNews: Senators seek increased funding for NASA Mars missions

By Jeff Foust Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration efforts, fearing “severe and irreversible harm” if funding is not restored. In a letter this week to the leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s...

La Opinión: El senador de California Alex Padilla defiende el derecho al voto ante la Ley SAVE de Trump

Por Ricardo Roura El senador de California Alex Padilla emprende una batalla contra la Ley SAVE del presidente Donald Trump tras presentar este martes argumentos para reprobarla ante el Senado. De aprobarse, la Ley SAVE exigiría que todos los votantes...

[WATCH] KABC: CA Senator Alex Padilla denounces Trump’s SAVE America Act, warns of voter suppression

By Josh Haskell California Senator Alex Padilla has been one of the loudest voices in the Senate against President Trump’s SAVE America Act, fighting against it on the Senate floor on Tuesday. “I don’t put anything past Donald Trump in...

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Padilla, Durbin, Peters, Schumer Lead Senate Colleagues in Pushing Back on Trump’s Executive Order Attacking Vote-By-Mail

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee and former California Secretary of State, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), led a group of...

ICYMI: LA Times Op-Ed – Padilla, Lemek: “Trump votes by mail. He just doesn’t want you to”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California’s former Secretary of State, and Brian Lemek, Executive Director of Defend the Vote, penned an...

Senators Padilla, Schiff and Reps. Issa, Calvert Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Update Pechanga Water Rights Settlement

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both-D-Calif.) and Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif.-48) and Ken Calvert (R-Calif.-41) this week introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to make targeted, technical updates to the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act,...

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Need Disaster Relief? Here Are Some Options

Dear Friend, This winter, California has experienced a relentless stream of severe storms—with rainstorms, flooding, and mudslides causing over one billion dollars in damages. My heart goes out to everyone who lost a loved one, and every family who saw...

A Year of Progress

Dear Friend,As we approach the end of the year, I want to wish you and your family a happy holiday season. I’m grateful to the people of California for putting their faith in me to represent them in the United...

The Inflation Reduction Act – Lowering Costs for Californians

Dear Friend,  I recently voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law by President Biden this month. This landmark new law will help lower energy and health care costs for millions of Californians, boost air quality, and...