Speaker Mike Johnson signaled House Republicans are likely to attach conditions to disaster aid in California as wildfires rage.
The move adds a potential hurdle to California quickly getting federal money to rebuild from fires that have burned tens of thousands of acres in and around Los Angeles, costing billions in damage. While Johnson did not say what the conditions may be, his comments were met with disapproval from Democratic leaders in California.
“It is outrageous for Speaker Johnson to try to tie conditions onto this disaster relief, or to tie disaster aid to unrelated concepts like the debt ceiling,” ...