[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CALIFORNIA DISASTER AID

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, my heart breaks for the people in southern 
California who have lost their loved ones, their homes, memories, 
everything they own, and entire neighborhoods in these devastating 
fires.
  Congress needs to send aid and help those suffering immediately, and 
it should not be controversial. Yet here we are, with Republican 
leadership refusing to help those in need and wanting to put conditions 
on lifesaving disaster aid. It is unprecedented and simply cruel to 
politicize this tragedy.
  These are the same folks that refuse to put conditions on aid to 
foreign governments like Israel that are committing genocide right now, 
but they want to condition lifesaving aid for fellow Americans who are 
victims of climate disaster.
  Think about that for a moment. Tens of thousands of people right here 
at home have been displaced, many of whom won't get the help they need 
from greedy insurance companies. Devastated families should not be 
pawns in their political games.

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