[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            WE CAN DO BETTER

  (Mr. BERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, today, on Twitter, President Trump threatened 
to withhold FEMA disaster money from California.
  Mr. Speaker, maybe the President doesn't know what FEMA disaster 
funding goes for. It helps rebuild homes. It helps folks rebuild 
schools, hospitals.
  Maybe the President doesn't know that we have suffered devastating 
wildfires in California. We have lost close to 28,000 structures. We 
have had billions of dollars of damage. Close to my district, 14,000 
homes were lost.
  Mr. Speaker, what makes America great is when our neighbors, our 
fellow countrymen suffer a tragedy, we come together as a Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, what I find disgusting is that the President seems to 
lack the compassion to know that fellow Americans are suffering right 
now.
  Mr. Speaker, we can do better than that.

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