Speaker Mike Johnson Says There “Should Probably Be Conditions” To Federal Aid For Los Angeles Wildfires
deadline.comHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters that there “should probably be conditions” placed on additional federal aid to address the devastation from the Los Angeles wildfires. “We’ve got to have a serious conversation about that,” Johnson told CNN on Capitol Hill. “Obviously, there has been water resource mismanagement, forest management mistakes, all sorts of problems.
And it does come down to leadership. And it appears to us that state and local leaders were derelict in their duty and in many respects.
So that’s something that has to be factored in. I think there should probably be conditions on that aid. “That’s my personal view.
We’ll see what the consensus is. I haven’t had a chance to socialize that with any of the members over the weekend, because we’ve all been very busy, but it’ll be part of the discussion for sure.” Johnson’s comments align with longtime criticism on the right of California’s Democratic leadership.
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