PADILLA, SCHIFF STATEMENT CONDEMNING WHITE HOUSE'S CONTINUED STONEWALLING ON CALIFORNIA DISASTER RELIEF AFTER NEW SUPPLEMENT REQUEST OMITS OVERDUE FUNDING FOR EATON AND PALISADES FIRES

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) released the following statement calling out the continued refusal of the Trump Administration to request overdue disaster relief funding for California, more than 18 months past due for communities impacted by Eaton and Palisades fires, as the White House released its new supplemental funding request this week.

"Most of the Administration's $87 billion supplement spending request would defray costs incurred as a result of the President's decision to go to war with Iran, a war not authorized by Congress or supported by the American people. That military funding does nothing to address the rising c...