WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Expanding Medical Education Act, legislation to address the lack of representation of students of color, rural students, and underserved students in the physician pipeline. The bill would...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) issued the following joint statement after the Trump Administration announced its intent to roll back dozens of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations that protect our air and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), joined EPW Democrats for a spotlight hearing, titled “Freezing America’s Progress,” to expose how the Trump Administration’s illegal funding terminations, freezes, and other actions...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with oversight over the U.S. Capitol Police, issued the following statement after Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announced he will...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As farming communities across the country recover from recent natural disasters, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), along with Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-19), Kat Cammack (R-Fla.-03), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18), and Austin Scott (R-Ga.-08), announced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced Tyler’s Law, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to help combat the fentanyl crisis. The bill directs the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide hospitals with...