House Democrats slam GOP's 'outrageous' approach to disaster aid

House Democratic leaders drew a red line on Tuesday, warning Republicans that they would not allow unrelated issues to be added to legislation providing relief to victims of the California wildfires.

Republicans have floated the idea of attaching a provision to raise the federal debt ceiling to connect the relief legislation. The issue was reportedly discussed at a meeting over the weekend between House Republicans and Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida.

“We will not support conditions to disaster assistance,” House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, who represents a district in California, said at a press conference.

Aguilar said that he would be open to a “lengthy debate and discussion” in Congress, likely via the committee process, to discuss issues related to the fires and the response to the natural disaster, but that disaster assistance “needs to be free from partisan conditions.”

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