Due to the Eaton Fire in my district, I was unable to cast my vote today on H.R. 23--Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 7.

This is, I think, where we have such a challenge to present the counter to the Trump-Musk-Vance presidency.

I think he leaves us a huge opening to say, Look, this, this is the ideology that’s really failed the working and middle class.

The government hasn’t often delivered the things we said it should deliver.

I wish to recognize retiring Roseville Fire Department Chief Rick Bartee for his years of service in the Roseville area. Rick Bartee's devoted career of service to the Roseville community and his country has spanned over four decades…

Near the beginning of last year, I rose on the floor of this House to say a few words about my home State of California and how it was on potentially a path back to sanity, and how that opportunity lay ahead of us. The reason for that…

As we speak, the California legislature has gaveled in a special emergency session of its legislature. You might say, well, of course they have, L.A. is burning to the ground right now. However, it turns out that is not actually what this…

I wish to commemorate the life of Anthony Pescetti, of Granite Bay, who passed away unexpectedly in early December. Anthony Pescetti lived a life of service. He was an elected member of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, serving 7…

There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation that we were dealing with over the last couple of days.

The budget cut did not impact their ability to fight the fire.

Rest assured, we will absolutely do an evaluation to look at what worked, what didn't work, and to correct or to hold accountable any body department, individual, et cetera.

Local folks are trying to figure that out. I mean, just when you have a system where it's not dissimilar to what we've seen in other extraordinarily large-scale fires, whether it be pipe, electricity, or whether it just be the complete…

But again, that's going to be determined by the local.

We need answers to ensure this does not happen again. And we have every resource available to fight these catastrophic fires.

There is already a real focus on the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, and what could have been done differently.

There were no reductions that were made that would have impacted the situation.

We all know that this has been an unprecedented event. We also know that fire hydrants are not constructed to deal with this type of massive devastation, and that the number one problem, especially on Wednesday, was the fact that we…

I've been in constant contact with our fire commanders, with county, state and federal officials. I took the fastest route back, which included being on a military plane, which facilitated our communications.