WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) introduced the Wildland Firefighter Hazard Pay Correction Act. The bill provides hazard pay to wildland firefighters and smokejumpers for prescribed burns and training jumps, ensuring these brave first responders...

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...