Gavin Newsom: “That request is currently $33.9 billion.”

“And we continue to wait for a simple response, just the dignity of a response from Donald Trump himself to a request for federal disaster aid that we made in February of last year. It's almost been an entire year. That request is currently $33.9 billion. We continue to visit with leaders of both parties, Capitol Hill, that are consistently supportive, but they're simply waiting for that request to come from the president formally.” (08:54–08:59)

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