California Conditioning Aide

Floor Speech

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Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, there is a great tragedy occurring in California.

As we speak, tens of thousands of people have been displaced as the fires in Los Angeles have raged on and have yet to be contained.

Members of the California Delegation have been speaking out about the devastating damage, loss of life, and the lives that have been disrupted.

I was shocked to watch on television the elected leader of this House suggesting that federal assistance to respond to this tragedy be conditioned.

He didn't specify on what, but I would remind Speaker Mike Johnson that $120 billion dollars has gone to Louisiana just for Hurricane Katrina and Rita.

It would be unconscionable for this House to place any condition on the necessary assistance that the United States should give to Angelenos, Californians, and, most importantly, Americans who have lost everything.

I would ask that the elected leader of the most powerful legislative body in the world to search his conscience and for all of us who are privileged enough to serve in this body to do the right thing and support your fellow Americans in need.

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