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On the recordJanuary 16, 2025
Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of thousands of California wildfire survivors. My district knows too well the devastation survivors of the southern California fires are facing. People have lost everything, and not just their homes and their belongings, but family members and friends. We must bring the full force of the Federal Government to aid these victims, and we must do it without any conditions. Full stop. We didn't put conditions on our Federal aid when Louisiana was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, when communities from Florida and North Carolina were swamped by Hurricane Helene, when Iowa faced destruction from high winds and flooding, when a train derailed in Ohio polluting local waterways and the air, or when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. This time should be no different. We are the Congress of the United States of America. Americans are in trouble, and when they need us, we need to be there. ____________________
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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