Senator Alex Padilla
@SenAlexPadilla
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U.S. Senator for California. Devoted husband and proud dad. Dodgers diehard. EngiNERD.
California
Joined January 2021
For 40 years, my dad worked as a short-order cook and my mom cleaned houses. It’s because of their hard work and sacrifices that I stand here today, ready to preserve and fight for the American Dream.
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La agenda extrema anti-inmigrante de Trump no se enfoca solo en criminales violentos. También persigue a personas que llegaron aquí legalmente. Usted tiene derechos. Esto es lo que debe hacer si ICE está en su puerta:
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Trump’s extreme anti-immigrant agenda isn’t just targeting violent criminals. He’s also going after people who came here legally. You have rights. Here’s what to do if ICE is at your door:
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Americans count on FEMA when disaster strikes. FEMA is on the ground right now in LA assisting over 13,000 households recover from devastating fires. Shutting it down would mean turning our backs on our neighbors after unimaginable loss.
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It's called checks and balances––and it's enshrined in the Constitution you swore an oath to protect.
If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.
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Great to see LA’s own Kendrick Lamar deliver at the Super Bowl halftime show! Letting the world know that they really are Not Like Us Californians 😎
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As fire season approaches, thousands of additional firefighters are typically hired for seasonal crews. Now Trump’s reckless hiring freeze is a putting lives, homes, and entire communities at risk.
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Unelected billionaire Elon Musk is going after YOUR retirement benefits. Social Security and Medicare are at risk because the richest man in the world wants a tax break.
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Trump’s illegal attempt to remove Chair Weintraub is a disturbing effort to sweep away remaining limits on the dark money in our elections.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner & Chair of @FEC. There’s a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn’t it. I’ve been lucky to serve the American people & stir up some good trouble along the way. That’s not changing anytime soon.
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Trump could put America first by choosing to invest in our children’s education or tackle the high cost of housing and grocery prices. Instead, he’s making moves to dismantle the entire Education Department.
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This week, Californians have come out in droves to oppose Russell Vought’s nomination. They are demanding that the services they rely on be protected, and they are refusing to let Vought pillage essential programs so that the billionaires can get a bigger tax break.
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Trump has now handed shadow President Elon Musk control of your Social Security payments and Medicare benefits. The government programs that you paid into to help you in retirement, the retirement that you earned.
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An election denier is now in charge of the Justice Department. And AG Bondi has wasted no time shuttering the DOJ task force in charge of combating foreign influence in our elections. Trump and his loyalists are rolling out the red carpet again for adversaries like Russia to undermine our democracy.
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When President Nixon fired just a fraction of the @TheJusticeDept employees that Trump did, it was called the “Saturday Night Massacre,” and it led to his resignation. What President Trump did was not a Saturday night massacre––it was a January Massacre.
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After objecting to Kash Patel’s reckless nomination, @JudiciaryDems are demanding accountability. If Kash Patel takes over, the FBI will no longer be an independent law enforcement agency—it will be a weapon for Trump’s personal vendettas.
Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s FBI Director pick, is an unqualified, unserious nominee who will make us less safe. He’s a vengeful extremist—to the point that he seemingly lied under oath. Judiciary Democrats will not buckle. Watch.
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RT @SenateDems: “If Russell Vought is confirmed to lead the Office of Management and Budget, it will be working families in America that p…
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Russell Vought’s vision for America: empower Donald Trump and his billionaire allies to steal from working families. Senate Democrats are holding the floor to delay this nomination. And demand a NO vote.
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$300 million––that's how much Elon paid in campaign contributions to buy his way into the federal government and gain access to your personal data and taxpayer dollars. Last I checked, that's not how a democracy works.
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All Californians know the dangers of wildfires––and how important it is that we work to lessen their devastation. My bipartisan legislation improves our firefighter training, forest restoration, and fire mitigation strategies.
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Pam Bondi is either unwilling or unable to put her duty to the American people above her loyalty to Donald Trump. Under a President with complete disregard for the rule of law, that is a risk we cannot afford in our Attorney General.
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