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SEN. ALEX PADILLA (D-CA) REMARKS ON SENATE FLOOR

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Sen. Padilla holds an MIT mechanical engineering degree!

Padilla, the first Latino U.S. Senator from California, graduated from MIT in 1994. He represents a state where Latinos make up ~40% of the population, yet no Latino had held a CA Senate seat before him.

This storyCongress limits presidents from ordering strikes without approval — since what year?

  1. 1945
  2. 1963
  3. 1973
  4. 1991
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1973

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Sen. Padilla is California's first Latino U.S. Senator ever.

Appointed in Jan. 2021 by Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill Kamala Harris's vacated seat, Padilla — an MIT-trained engineer and former CA Secretary of State — made history representing the nation's most populous state.

This storyBefore politics, Sen. Alex Padilla earned a degree in what field?

  1. Mechanical Engineering
  2. Constitutional Law
  3. Political Science
  4. Public Administration
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Mechanical Engineering

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