WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
After Senate Republicans voted against Democrats' plan to prevent millions of Americans' health care costs from skyrocketing, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) hosted a virtual press conference to sound the alarm on the looming Republican health care crisis. Padilla was joined by California and national health care leaders to highlight the severe consequences of Republicans' refusal to pass Democrats' proposal of a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits before they expire at the end of the year, jeopardizing care for over 1.7 million Californians (https://familiesusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/California-ImportancePremiumTaxCredit...