WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and California's former Secretary of State, issued the following statement after Republicans in Congress announced (https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-gop-anti-voting-bill-may-be-the-most-dangerous-attack-on-voting-rights-ever/) the Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act, an extreme voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions of Americans through an onslaught of anti-voter provisions:

"Donald Trump and House Republicans know the SAVE Act is dead on arrival in the Senate. Instead of legislating based on reality, they are doublin...