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Alex Padilla

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[Wikipedia] Alejandro Padilla is an American politician and engineer serving as the senior United States senator from California, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Padilla served as the 29th secretary of state of California from 2015 to 2021 and was a member of the California Stat

Quotes by Alex Padilla

Your zip code or your income level should not dictate your access to healthy drinking water.

Code

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Now, California is a big state, we're a very diverse state, full of diverse communities with local variations in the cost of…

Business

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Transportation is responsible for half of our state's air pollution, and many suffer as a result. Children are more likely to develop…

Air

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There's no question about it: the climate crisis is happening now and we need bold action to address it - and that…

Action

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Throughout his upbringing and time as a public servant, Xavier Becerra has shown his passion for people and his commitment to improving…

Commitment

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Day in and day out, immigrants have put their own health and their families' health on the line to keep America running.

America

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We need to, in my opinion, to restore the full strength of the federal Voting Rights Act.

Democracy

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Having served as California's top elections official, I've been fighting back against Trump's 'Big Lie' and conspiracy theories about the integrity of…

Conspiracy

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As the proud son of immigrants from Mexico, I watched my parents work resiliently hard for 40 years, my father as a…

Brother

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I'll continue working to ensure that everyone - regardless of their background - is treated with the dignity and respect that they…

Continue

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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an incredible toll on our country. Every state has been impacted. Every community has suffered. Especially working-class…

Attorney general

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Domestic violent extremism is not a threat limited to any single law enforcement agency.

Agency

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As California's former chief elections officer, I was proud to strengthen election security and boost voter turnout by implementing the critical reforms…

California

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Our neighborhood had more than its share of challenges, from poverty to crime to unhealthy air. It may not have been the…

Air

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Throughout his career, Xavier Becerra has always fought to improve the lives of his constituents.

Always

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Expanding background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms is simple, popular, and commonsense.

Background

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Providing a quality education for children starts before they even arrive at school.

Children

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Working class communities, like the one I grew up in, have long felt the disproportionate and cumulative impacts of pollution.

Class

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We all have a right for our voices to be heard, not stifled.

Heard

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A civically engaged citizenry feeds oxygen to our democracy.

Citizenry

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No one who works a full-time job should live in poverty. It's that simple. We must stand on the side of hard-working…

Job

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My parents, Santos and Lupe Padilla, immigrated separately from Mexico and met in Los Angeles in the late 1960s. It was love…

Cards

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Dignity, respect, and citizenship for essential workers is personal for me and in the best interest of our country.

Best

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It is unacceptable that so many students who are juggling school, work, and family life are also going hungry.

Family

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There's a lot that can and should be done, not just in terms of elections administration with respect to the voting rights,…

Done

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