Several Padilla Provisions Pass the Senate  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined his Senate colleagues in passing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan housing package that modernizes the housing system to expand homeownership opportunities and addresses...

LOS ANGELES, CA — Today,U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections and California’s former Secretary of State, and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) announced the State and Local Election Security Act of 2026, legislation to provide up to $10 billion...

Would help prevent outages from California wildfires WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced legislation that would reauthorize the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program at the Department of Energy to help strengthen...

In a letter to Mullin and Venturella, Padilla and Durbin demand the Trump Administration halt ICE detention expansion until deficiencies are corrected WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and California’s former Secretary of State, joined U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Amy...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after Donald Trump signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, ceding a victory to the Iranian regime after starting a war that raised gas, grocery, and energy...