Teresa Leger Fernandez: “This image could be from the California wildfires, but it is not. It is from New Mexico's Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon…”

“This image could be from the California wildfires, but it is not. It is from New Mexico's Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon Fires, which ravaged northern New Mexico. We are still recovering from the inferno with help from the Federal Government. We might see a picture like this in Montana or Utah or anywhere there are droughts and extreme weather events. When disaster hit New Mexico, my colleagues supported our State, including recently Speaker Johnson and my Republican friends. I am grateful that we acted as one. When hurricanes hit North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia, we supported the recovery in those States without conditions because that is what we do. Americans don't turn their backs on each other. That should not change with California. They need our help. New Mexican firefighters are there helping, and Congress must also help without placing conditions on emergency disaster aid. Let's act as one United States in the face of this disaster. ____________________”