Alex Padilla U.S. Senator for California

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement ahead of his vote against cloture and final passage of Republicans’ partisan bill to fund the government through September:

“Republicans are trying to jam through a strictly partisan bill that would cut critical services that so many families rely on, while empowering Donald Trump and Elon Musk in their efforts to keep dismantling the federal government. To make matters worse, this measure completely leaves out disaster aid that’s so necessary for Southern California to rebuild after the fires. For me, that’s an absolute non-starter.

“I’m going to be a ‘no’ vote, both on cloture and on final passage of this bill, which is nothing but a Republican power grab. I’ll continue to stand up for California and fight against this Trump-Musk billionaire agenda.”

You can watch Senator Padilla speaking out against the bill here. 

Footage of his remarks can be downloaded here.

Earlier this week, Senator Padilla blasted the continuing resolution when it narrowly passed the House of Representatives, emphasizing that it did not include the disaster relief funding California needs. Padilla has fought relentlessly to secure and protect Southern Californians’ access to desperately needed disaster relief aid. In the immediate aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, Padilla and Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) led 47 bipartisan members of the California Congressional delegation in successfully urging President Biden to grant Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration to expedite timely relief to Los Angeles County residents impacted by these disasters. Last week, Padilla, Schiff, and Representatives Ken Calvert (R-Calif.-41) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18) led the entire bipartisan California Congressional delegation in urging Senior Congressional leadership to provide additional disaster relief funding and resources to help Los Angeles County communities rebuild.

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