Alex Padilla U.S. Senator for California

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Alex believes that confronting global challenges requires strong partnerships. He is committed to supporting programs that fight climate change, promote democracy and human rights, and reestablish U.S. moral leadership on the world stage. Alex understands the importance of strengthening our democratic institutions at home in order to lead by example. In a time of global instability, he believes America’s leadership is vital in pursuit of a safer and more prosperous world for all.

Following the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, Senator Padilla led 25 of his Senate colleagues in calling on President Biden to continue the safe relocation of Afghan refugees. Alex also stands with the brave people of Ukraine against Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable invasion of their sovereign, democratic nation—and he helped successfully urge the Biden administration to grant Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians fleeing wartime devastation. He is working with the State Department and other federal agencies to assist constituents with casework and has put together resources available here.

Recent News

Padilla, Democratic Senators to Bondi: Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Signal Chat National Security Breach

Senators to Attorney General: “These shockingly reckless breaches of security protocols for safeguarding sensitive and classified information clearly warrant an investigation into whether any of the government officials involved violated federal laws” WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.),...

WATCH: Padilla Slams Trump’s Dangerous Anti-Voter Executive Order, Calls on Hegseth to Resign Over Mishandling Sensitive National Security Information

“This is an Administration who can’t keep a simple text message chain straightforward…and now they’re going to dictate voter registration and elections in states across the country? I don’t think so.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — During an interview today with MSNBC’s José...

Padilla, Bipartisan Members of Congress to UK Court: UK Gag Orders for Surveillance Backdoors Threaten Americans’ Security and Privacy, Impede Congressional Oversight

Lawmakers urge UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal to lift secrecy around reported UK government order to weaken encryption and threaten the security and privacy of Americans’ information WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and a bipartisan group of...

Padilla, Democratic Senators to Bondi: Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Signal Chat National Security Breach

Senators to Attorney General: “These shockingly reckless breaches of security protocols for safeguarding sensitive and classified information clearly warrant an investigation into whether any of the government officials involved violated federal laws” WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.),...

WATCH: Padilla Slams Trump’s Dangerous Anti-Voter Executive Order, Calls on Hegseth to Resign Over Mishandling Sensitive National Security Information

“This is an Administration who can’t keep a simple text message chain straightforward…and now they’re going to dictate voter registration and elections in states across the country? I don’t think so.” WASHINGTON, D.C. — During an interview today with MSNBC’s José...

Padilla, Bipartisan Members of Congress to UK Court: UK Gag Orders for Surveillance Backdoors Threaten Americans’ Security and Privacy, Impede Congressional Oversight

Lawmakers urge UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal to lift secrecy around reported UK government order to weaken encryption and threaten the security and privacy of Americans’ information WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and a bipartisan group of...

Padilla, Colleagues Urge DHS Secretary to Expedite Actions to Protect Stateless Persons in the United States

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate...

Padilla, Young Introduce Bills on Intersection of Biotech, Agriculture, and National Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both commissioners on the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), introduced a bipartisan package of bills focused on protecting America’s food security and agricultural supply chains, which...

Padilla, Rubio Bill to Hold the Iranian Regime Accountable Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) celebrated President Biden signing the Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) Act into law as part of the national security supplemental package. The bipartisan legislation, which Senator Padilla co-led...

Padilla Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan National Security Supplemental

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement after the Senate passed a national security supplemental funding bill by a bipartisan vote of 70-29, including significant funding for aid to American allies and humanitarian assistance...

Padilla Urges President Biden to Swiftly Close the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 15 Senate Democrats urged President Biden to act swiftly to finally close the detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The Senators wrote that...

Padilla Announces Findings and Recommendations of Bipartisan National Biotech Commission’s First Public Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a Commissioner of the bipartisan U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology, announced that the commission has issued its first round of findings and recommendations for policymakers in a report outlining the...

Padilla Issues Bipartisan Joint Statement on the Maduro Regime’s Wrongful Detainments, Harassment of Democratic Opposition

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tim...