Press Releases

SAN DIEGO, CA — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today traveled to the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) Wastewater Treatment Plant near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego to highlight federal efforts to address transborder water pollution in the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today convened his first hearing as Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife. The hearing entitled “Water Affordability and Small Water Systems Assistance” examined how rising...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, questioned witnesses at a hearing titled “From Farm to Table: Immigrant Workers Get the Job Done.” The hearing highlighted how critical...

CALIFORNIA — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s decision to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to address water...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif) announced the reintroduction of his sweeping public lands package. The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) and would restore and expand protections for over 1 million acres of California’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Representative Nanette Díaz Barragán (D-Calif.-44) in introducing the bicameral EVs for All Act, legislation that would increase access to electric vehicles (EVs) for residents of public housing across the nation. Many of...