Julia Brownley actually said...

"Unfortunately, these fires are the new normal for California."

"I concur with my colleague Mr. Takano on, you know, the issues that he was raising about so many unfilled positions across the VA."

"Do you have any concerns--anybody can speak to it, but do people have concerns about that?"

"We have to get back down to some of the foundational issues which is filling these positions and having, you know, sort of state-of-the-art IT systems across the VA."