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Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla Criticizes Trump's Politicization of Disaster Aid and Emission Standards

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

Now, 1 in 5 Californians, our state population is nearly 40 million. I think 8 million Californians are exposed to flood risk each and every year. California is actually home to several high risk areas, but The most at risk area in the nation for catastrophic flooding is the Sacramento Natomas Basin, just outside our state capital. Now, for as heartless and brazenly partisan as it sounds, I guess we shouldn't be shocked, because that's just how this president has chosen to serve the same administration who … (02:14–02:24)

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Asserts that the Sacramento Natomas Basin is the nation's most at-risk area for catastrophic flooding.

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