WASHINGTON, March 26 -- 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, issued the following statement after leading Democrats' efforts to successfully block Republicans' voter suppression amendment to advance the SAVE America Act, marking a key defeat as President Trump and Republicans' try to ram their anti-voter bill through the Senate ahead of the midterm elections:
"No matter how Republicans try to spin it, the SAVE America Act is a voter suppression bill, plain and simple. It is a desperate, un-American attempt to avoid accountability in the next election - even Donald Trump admits the goal is to 'guarantee the midt...