Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) announced Monday that they are launching a Senate investigation into the Palisades Fire in January, and are demanding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cooperation.

The fire, in the northwestern portion of the City of Los Angeles and parts of Malibu in Los Angeles County, was one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. It burned for more than three weeks and destroyed nearly 7,000 structures. Crucially, the local reservoir was dry; state and local authorities failed to pre-deploy firefighters to the area; and there were no police on hand to manage the evacuation process.

In a statement, Scott and Johnson announced:

Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott and Homeland Security and Governmental Aff

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