WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Overdue plan comes after Trump Administration defunded election security efforts, fired staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee with oversight over federal elections, released the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its 2026 Election Infrastructure Security Plan, ahead of the 2026 midterm elections:
"Donald Trump isn't serious about election security. His Administration's newly released election security plan is the product of an election denier in chief who has spent his time in office ins...