共和党人众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊周一表示，帮助加州应对气候变化的援助“可能应该有条件”毁灭性的野火当被问及他是否愿意提供资金时，这表明在帮助这个传统上民主的国家方面可能会有一场政治斗争。
“我认为这种援助应该有条件。这是我个人的观点。我们会看到共识是什么。我没有机会在周末与任何成员进行社交活动，因为我们都很忙，但这将是讨论的一部分，”约翰逊说。
他没有提供细节，ABC新闻已经要求他的办公室澄清。
约翰逊说，众议院共和党会议将对援助进行“严肃的讨论”，并指责加州领导人“玩忽职守”，这与当选总统的说法相呼应唐纳德·特朗普关于该州的民主党州长加文·纽瑟姆和洛杉矶的民主党市长凯伦·巴斯。
“很明显，水资源管理、森林管理、错误、各种各样的问题都存在，这确实要归结到领导层，在我们看来，州和地方领导人在很多方面都玩忽职守。所以，这是必须考虑的因素，”他说。
约翰逊说，在共和党会议上，“有一些讨论”将债务限额的增加与对加州的援助联系起来，但他警告说，“我们将看看情况如何。”
自然灾害发生后，帮助重建的额外资金通常很少(如果有的话)被批准，并且通常得到两党的支持。
约翰逊最初的立场可能意味着未来几天和几周国会在加州救灾问题上的党派斗争。
鉴于共和党在众议院的微弱优势，议长可能需要民主党最终支持任何最终提案。
Speaker Mike Johnson suggests 'conditions' needed on disaster aid for LA wildfires
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that "there should probably be conditions" on aid to help California deal withdevastating wildfireswhen asked if he's open to sending funding, signaling a possible political battle over helping the traditionally Democratic state.
"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," Johnson said.
He did not offer specifics and ABC News has asked his office to clarify.
Johnson said the House Republican Conference will have a "serious discussion" about aid and blamed leadership in California who he said, "were derelict in their duty," echoing claims made by President-electDonald Trumpabout the state's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and Karen Bass, the Democratic mayor of Los Angeles.
"Obviously, there has been water resource management, 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," he said.
Johnson said, "there's some discussion" within GOP conference to tie the debt limit increase to aid to California but cautioned "we will see how it goes."
After natural disasters, additional funding to help rebuild is usually approved with few if any conditions and typically receives bipartisan support.
Johnson's initial stance could mean a partisan fight in Congress over disaster relief for California in the coming days and weeks.
Given the slim margin Republicans hold in the House, the speaker will likely need Democrats to ultimately back any final proposal.
