House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) argued that there should be conditions on wildfire aid, reasoning that state and local officials showed incompetence in their response.

A number of Republicans are calling for conditions to any federal aid that goes to California as the state struggles with catastrophic wildfires.

House 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,