Padilla, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Bolster the Creative Economy, Provide Relief for Artists and Writers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and a group of colleagues in introducing the Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA) to help bolster the creative economy through the creation of a workforce grants program to employ artists and writers to create publicly available art. U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are co-sponsors of the legislation in the U.S. Senate, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.)introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read more.