WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections and California's former Secretary of State, convened a voting rights breakfast roundtable with Senate Democrats' Election Protection Task Force and faith organizations and civil rights groups to sound the alarm on the Supreme Court's rollback of voting rights and President Trump's election interference efforts. During the event, Padilla discussed legislative and oversight efforts to strengthen federal elections and previewed a bill he will be introducing to increase accountability for Trump's continued attempts to undermine and interfere ...