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On the recordJanuary 23, 2025
Can you imagine if President Biden told the people of Florida, I'm not going to give you disaster relief unless you change your gun laws or Louisiana with your abortion laws. It's unconscionable.
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Alex Padilla
Democratic · California

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Padilla emphasizes the unacceptability of conditioning disaster relief on state policy changes.

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