WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the Supporting Providers of English Language Learning (SPELL) Act to address the national multilingual teacher shortage by increasing loan forgiveness for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Immigration Subcommittee, conducted an unannounced oversight visit to San Francisco International Airport’s (SFO) de facto Customs and Border Protection (CBP) immigration detention facility. Following direct...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in demanding the Trump Administration withdraw a proposed rule that would...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) Pit River Land Transfer Act, a bicameral and bipartisan bill to promote Tribal management of over 500 acres of land in California by transferring federal land to the...

The Senators introduced the legislation following the announced closure of Regional National Archives and Federal Records Centers in San Bruno, California and Chicago, Illinois WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), Senate Democratic Whip...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, took to the Senate floor in opposition to Republicans’ so-called Stop Insider Trading Act, which would allow members of Congress who already...