Current Position: US Senator since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Secretary of State from 2015 – 2020; State Senator for 20th District from 2006 – 2014; President Los Angeles City Council from 2001 – 2006

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The sad fact is that basic scientific illiteracy and rampant misinformation is ending lives prematurely from COVID 19, and contributing to climate catastrophes here at home and around the world.

Senate gives standing ovation to Sen. Alex Padilla after passionate speech about equality

Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Padilla to the United States Senate after then-Senator Kamala Harris was elected Vice President of the United States.

Current Position: US Senator since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Senator from 2010 – 2012; State Delegate from 2002 – 2008

Laphonza Romanique Butle is an American labor union official and politician serving as the junior United States senator from California since 2023. Butler began her career as a union organizer, and served as president of California SEIU State Council from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, she was a regent of the University of California system from 2018 to 2021, and the president of EMILY’s List from 2021 to 2023.

On October 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom chose Butler to fill the United States Senate seat left vacant by the death of Dianne Feinstein. She is the first LGBT African American to serve in the Senate.

Current Position: US Senator from California
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: State Delegate for CA-21 from 1996 – 2000, US Representative of CA District 28 since 2001 (formerly 3oth)
District:    Linda Vista neighborhood of Pasadena, and the Los Angeles area communities of Tujunga, Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Edendale, Park La Brea, Hancock Park, and westside Echo Park. 

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Our most sacred value – the right to vote – is on the line. @RepHankJohnson
and activists know the stakes. And they’re willing to risk their own freedom to preserve ours. We cannot let that sacrifice be in vain. We must end the filibuster. We must protect our democracy.

Adam Schiff Closing Argument

Current Position: US Senator since 1992
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Mayor San Francisco from 1978 – 1988

Other Positions:
Chair of Energy and Water Subcommittee under the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and Chair of the Human Rights and Law Subcommittee under the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

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Today marks nine years since 12 innocent people were murdered and 70 more injured in a mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. The shooter used an assault weapon with a 100-round drum enabling mass carnage. It’s long past time we get these weapons of war off our streets.

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Dianne Feinstein Up Close