Political Quotes

“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 special session is about. No, no. The legislature has gaveled into a special session called by Gavin Newsom to provide millions of dollars in funding for filing lawsuits against the incoming Trump administration. That is what their priority is at this very moment. Mr. Speaker, there could not be a starker illustration of the abject political failure that has gotten our State to this point and that has served to bring about the horrifying scenes that the whole country is seeing on their television sets right now and that folks in Los Angeles are suffering through. I want to go over a few of the failures that have gotten us to this point, but I do want to say first that my prayers are with the people in L.A., the victims of this horrifying apocalyptic set of fires, with over 100,000 people under evacuation orders, with at least five--sadly, probably more--people who have lost their lives and their families, and with our firefighters and first responders who are working around the clock doing everything they possibly can to get this blaze under control. I am truly grateful for all of the communities in California and across the entire country that have come together to try to help the L.A. area in this hour of dire need.…”