[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   UNCONDITIONAL AID FOR LOS ANGELES

  (Mr. GARAMENDI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, there is a great tragedy occurring in 
California as we speak. Members of the California delegation have 
spoken on the floor about the extraordinary damage, loss of life, and 
lives that have been disrupted.
  I was shocked to watch on television the elected leader of this House 
suggesting that Federal assistance to deal with that tragedy would be 
conditioned. He didn't specify on what, but I would remind that 
gentleman that $120 billion has gone to Louisiana over the last 20 
years, dealing with the tragedies of Katrina in New Orleans and the 
like, and that is not the total count.
  It would be unconscionable for this House to place any condition on 
the necessary assistance that Americans should give to our American 
people in Los Angeles.
  I would ask us to search our conscience and for the elected leader of 
this House to do so also and put aside those requirements.

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