WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on two of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) bipartisan bills to promote Tribal management of over 2,000 acres of land in California. The Committee considered his legislation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, questioned Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Sean McMaster about the Trump Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget. Padilla pushed for the...

Senators on the dissolution of the Office of English Language Acquisition: “Dissolving specialized infrastructure does not eliminate the Department’s legal obligations to multilingual learners; it weakens the federal government’s capacity to fulfill them.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex...

Legal Services Providers Have Not Received Payment Owed Since 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) along with U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.-10), Jason...

Senators Direct Dept. of Commerce to Explain its Involvement with USPS and Elections and Preserve Documents for Congressional Oversight WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California’s...

Demand to DOJ IG Comes After Republicans Blocked Padilla’s Bill to Stop Taxpayer-funded Rewards for January 6th Rioters WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and all...