Trump actions will kill more than 30,000 Jobs and raise energy costs WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Angus King (I-Maine), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led nine of their colleagues...

Mamas First Act would expand Medicaid coverage to include prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care provided by doulas, midwives, tribal midwives, and lactation support providers WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, which oversees federal elections, released the following statement on President Trump’s continued unfounded election denial claims during a primetime address to the nation: “Let me lay...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) bipartisan bill to restore a long-lost salmon run on the San Joaquin, California’s second longest river. The bill advanced...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections and California’s former Secretary of State, convened a voting rights breakfast roundtable with Senate Democrats’ Election Protection Task Force...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) questioned President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Todd Blanche, during a Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing. Blanche was President Trump’s personal attorney in several criminal cases, including Trump’s New York hush...