[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 14 (Thursday, January 23, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EMERGENCY DISASTER AID

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the brave firefighters 
who have stepped into the breach to take on the fires raging across 
southern California. Their bravery has been on full display these past 
weeks, including in my own district, where they have valiantly and 
swiftly responded in Jurupa Valley to the Clay fire.
  We all owe them our thanks.
  Nevertheless, I am deeply troubled by some in the Republican 
Conference who are seeking to link emergency disaster aid to my home 
State with toxic policy goals. This would be a disaster.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to pass emergency aid without 
policy riders, just as we did for the people in North Carolina, 
Florida, Louisiana, and many other States who have faced natural 
disasters.
  Leveraging the losses of thousands establishes a dangerous precedent. 
It is unacceptable for politicians in Washington to endanger Americans' 
survival for their own political gain.

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