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Sen. Alejandro Padilla

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Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Investigate Elon Musk's Throttling of Starlink Service in Ukraine

Investigate Elon Musk's decision to throttle Starlink service to Ukraine's military and force the Pentagon's inspector general to act. The IG told Congress this week it is effectively refusing to look into the outages, and that refusal is unacceptable. One private citizen should not have the uncheck

Map PinOrangevale, CA

Subject: Please Vote YES on the UAP Disclosure Act I am writing to urge you to support the UAP Disclosure Act and vote YES on legislation that promotes greater transparency regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). As an American citizen, I believe the public deserves to know what our govern

Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Overturn Citizens United and Reform Campaign Finance Now

Pass meaningful campaign finance reform and work to overturn Citizens United before our elections become a permanent auction. According to a new Public Citizen analysis, just 515 donors have contributed 73% of all super PAC funding this election cycle. One person, Elon Musk, alone accounts for 10% o

Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Pass Universal Healthcare Now

Pass universal healthcare. Michael Depew is 28 years old, has testicular cancer, and needs chemotherapy that costs $50,000. He has no insurance. His doctor gave him three months to live. He sat on hold with 17 callers ahead of him just to try to enroll in coverage, and he said, "If I'm not mistaken,

Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Deny Safe Haven to Flávio Bolsonaro

Block any visa or protected status for Flávio Bolsonaro and send him back to Brazil. He fled his country after losing the presidential election, defied a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports, and routed through Argentina and Ecuador to reach Miami. That is not the behavior of som

Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Investigate Elon Musk's Federal Contracts and Campaign Spending

Investigate Elon Musk's federal contracting and campaign spending now, before the corruption gets any deeper. Federal law has barred contractors from making campaign contributions since 1940, when Senator Harry Byrd warned that such payments "may be considered in some instances as bribery in order t

Verified VoterSan Mateo, CA

Stop Military Escalation in Iran

Please stop the Iran Escalation. So many people will die for absolutely nothing.

Map PinRohnert Park, CA

I am writing today, disturbed by the censorship we witnessed Oct. 17th as Meta suspended the No Kings Coalition Instagram channel without explanation, amid the largest Vote Early activation in our country’s history. And, apparently, they did it again. Last night, in the middle of a Florida campaig

Verified VoterSan Francisco, CA

I am writing to express my disgust at this administration. On one hand they are law and order and exporting "criminals, worst of the worst". Now we give a visa and expected residency to Bolsonaro, who is accused of a coup d'état, with evidence. Up is down and down is up! Please keep up the work

Verified VoterLos Angeles, CA

impeachement

I am a member of Indivisible Westside Los Angeles. I'm writing today to ask that you start speaking out in favor of impeaching Donald Trump and encouraging your colleagues in the House to start impeachment proceedings. The recent House Judiciary Committee Report details credible allegations of rap

Map PinLos Angeles, CA

Fund NASA's In-House Launch Capabilities Now

Fund NASA's development of in-house launch capabilities before the agency is left without reliable access to space. SpaceX has told NASA it will stop flying Crew Dragon by 2030, stopped selling commercial Falcon 9 launches after 2028, and recently refused to provide launch cost estimates to companie

Map PinSan Jose, CA

Investigate and Impeach Trump and his Cronies

I encourage Congress to do all they can to investigate Donald Trump and his sycophants and allies by all means possible, up to - and including - impeachment. Though it appears that Democrats will reclaim Congress this mid-term, the greedy, narcissistic fool of a Florida Man still sits on the White

Verified VoterEl Dorado Hills, CA

Block the EPA's Methane Regulation Rollback and Protect the Clean Air Act

Block the EPA's proposed rollback of the 2024 methane rule. This is not a cost-saving measure for Americans. It is a giveaway to an industry that has posted record profits while wasting $7 billion worth of natural gas through leaks, venting, and flaring since the EPA stopped enforcing oil and gas re

Verified VoterEl Dorado Hills, CA

Oppose OSHA Respirator Rollbacks and Fully Fund the Agency

Oppose OSHA's proposed rollback of respirator regulations and co-sign the letter circulating in Congress demanding the agency abandon these changes. More than 5,000 Americans die every year from occupation-related respiratory illnesses. Stripping employer requirements to provide respirators when wor

Verified VoterMontara, CA

I urge you to oppose S. 5653, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, in its current form. I specifically ask that the Senator push to remove or amend • the rollback of Section 106 historic preservation review and Tribal consultation, • "project certainty" provisions that lock in permi

Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Investigate Elon Musk's Ties to Russia and Prosecute Any Unlawful Actions

Investigate Elon Musk's communications with Vladimir Putin and prosecute any unlawful actions that follow from that investigation. Putin publicly stated this month that Russia is in "close contact" with Musk, calling him a "genius" while announcing Russia's effort to build a Starlink rival. That is

Verified VoterPasadena, CA

Investigate Trump's Ties to Epstein and Appoint a Special Counsel

Investigate the Trump administration's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and appoint a special counsel immediately. The House Judiciary Committee Democrats just released a report stating that "a growing body of evidence demonstrates that Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse

Verified VoterEl Dorado Hills, CA

Investigate DOJ Obstruction of the Epstein Files and Appoint a Special Counsel

Investigate the Department of Justice's obstruction of the Epstein files and appoint an independent special counsel to pursue every co-conspirator named in the House Judiciary Committee Democrats' new staff report. The Epstein Files Transparency Act is law. Where are the unredacted Epstein files? T

Verified VoterEl Dorado Hills, CA

Pass a Clean Stock Trading Ban for All Federal Officials

Pass a clean bill banning stock trading by every elected and appointed federal official, their spouses, and their adult children. No poison pills, no carve-outs. The corruption is too obvious to ignore any longer. Senator Roger Marshall bought $250,000 in shares of Ionics Life Sciences, the parent

Verified VoterMontara, CA

I’m disturbed by the attacks on gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, a survivor of child sexual abuse, as well as the recent attacks on Representative Ilhan Omar’s legitimacy as a U. S. Citizen.. That both of these women are candidates running in midterm races is not a coincidence. Members of Congress

Verified VoterSaratoga, CA

Advance the Discharge Petition - Force a Vote on the Afghanistan TPS Act

I’m writing in support of the long-delayed discharge petition to force a floor vote on the Afghanistan TPS Act of 2026. More than 8,000 Afghan refugees nationally are at risk of deportation because the Trump administration ended their Temporary Protected Status in 2025. These are people who served

Map PinEureka, CA

S 5653 is a $#!+ sandwich. Reject it in its current form!

I hope to heck that you oppose S. 5653, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, in its current form. It's a shit sandwich; maybe some tasty bread covering up the filling a bit. The disgusting "filling" includes: The rollback of Section 106 historic preservation review and Tribal consu

Verified VoterLos Angeles, CA

I’m writing to urge you to support an immediate moratorium on new data center construction until meaningful federal guardrails are in place. The backlash against the unchecked proliferation of these facilities is real, widespread, and bipartisan: A recent poll from Embold Research and Heatmap found

Verified VoterForest Knolls, CA

Please investigate Meta’s account suspensions and use of algorithms to influence elections. Meta shut down the No Kings account on the October 17 get out the vote day of action. It seems likely that this was intentional and coordinated with the Trump administration. This should be investigated and w

Verified VoterEl Dorado Hills, CA

Fund the Full Restoration of NOAA & the National Weather Service

Fund the full restoration of NOAA and the National Weather Service before this winter's El Niño hits. A super El Niño is already strengthening, forecast to drive historic storms, flooding, landslides, and sea level rises of up to a foot along the West Coast. The agency responsible for warning us is

Verified VoterCastroville, CA

I’m urging you to move to impeach Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. Hegseth is unfit for leadership and must be investigated and prosecuted for his unlawful actions. Also? There is no way we should give him the $1.5T he is asking for — all for a war virtually no Americans support. Impeach him AS

Map PinLompoc, CA

Defund Israel

I’m a California resident from Lompoc. I continue to watch Israel commit atrocities against innocent civilians and take land that is not theirs. I demand that we stop all funding and arm sales to the genocidal state of Israel. Palestine needs to have all land returned as well as the West Bank. Until

Verified VoterSaratoga, CA

Oppose & Vote NO on the Confirmation of Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC Director

Today I take pen in hand to write and urge you to oppose the confirmation of Dr. Erica Schwartz as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During her HELP Committee hearing, she committed to Senator Hawley that she would pursue mandatory abortion surveillance data from states,

Map PinSan Marino, CA

One of the most egregious outrages of the current administration is asking the Department of Justice to sue key states elector process if and only if the Republicans lose. Stop it if you can.

Map PinRedwood City, CA

I understand that Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (MD-06) has led a congressional letter (https://substack.com/redirect/da42c0c3-0242-47bb-8bca-4156b0587bfb?j=eyJ1IjoiNG1xZHUifQ.kYuqodHfM0lpxiJURDvtBqWrefX_1h374HYGyD3djB8) urging the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to pause use of its new

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