WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla said he’s doing his best to “drink through the fire hose.”
The new California senator took his oath of office two weeks ago amid a pending impeachment trial, a Congress struggling to deal with the riot that drove lawmakers from their chambers, a heavy National Guard presence and a global pandemic.
He now has a temporary office in the basement of a Senate office building, but he doesn’t yet have place to live. He’s planning to split his time between Washington and his home in Los Angeles, where his wife and three children live.
