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Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, and several other members of the California congressional delegation have jointly introduced legislation intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government’s disaster recovery efforts following the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles and surrounding areas, according to a news release from the congressman’s office.
Nearly a dozen congressional members in or near Los Angeles County are asking the federal government to launch a joint task force to monitor harmful pollutants that have resulted from the recent wildfires to track the potential impact on Southern California residents.
The representatives — who represent areas most impacted by the wildfires — raised concerns that routine smog and air quality monitoring systems don’t measure harmful pollutants like lead, chlorine, asbestos, larger ash particles and other heavy metals.
U.S. Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, announced his House Armed Services Committee and subcommittee assignments for the 119th Congress.
Within the HASC, Whitesides will serve on the Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation subcommittee, the Strategic Forces subcommittee and the Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee.
LOS ANGELES — Rep. George Whitesides has spent years thinking about how to prevent out-of-control wildfires. Only days into his job as a freshman congressman from northern Los Angeles County, he returned to a region ablaze with exactly the kind of “megafires” he’s warned about.
Rep. George Whitesides, D-Calif., comments on the wildfires scorching Los Angeles County and weighs in on recovery efforts on ‘Fox Report.’
As wildfires rage, burning tens of thousands of acres across Southern California, Congressman George Whitesides (D-CA) joins Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman to discuss the response efforts, preparation, and criticism from frustrated residents.
