Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin talks about why he and many of his Republican colleagues believe fire aid for California should only come if there are some strings attached.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has joined some of his fellow GOP lawmakers in calling for conditions on California wildfire aid. NPR’s Steve Inskeep asked Johnson on Wednesday’s “Morning Edition” about if he believes “that it is Congress’s place to instruct” California “as to what to do on a state and local level,

As wildfires in California rage on, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are battling over recovery funding. “No one wants to leave any American who is in need, hanging, so to speak,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.