00:00Mr. Speaker, a few weeks ago, I introduced the No Tax Dollars for Riots Act in response
00:08to the horrifying events in Los Angeles in recent months, where you had rioters attacking
00:17officers, using commercial dumpsters as battering rams, and threatening public safety in a variety
00:26of ways. And what we learned is that this violence was fueled and organized by a so-called non-profit
00:36called Churla that actually was blasting out on a signal chat the real-time locations of ICE
00:45officers so that the rioters could then go find them, obstruct their activities, and in some cases
00:50attack them with rocks and Molotov cocktails and other weapons. What makes this all the worse
00:58is that this group, Churla, is essentially a subsidiary of the state of California and received
01:04some $32 million in funding from the state of California just in one year, as well as receiving
01:11federal funding and receiving generous subsidies from the city of Los Angeles. I introduced the
01:19No Tax Dollars for Riots Act to assure that this does not happen again. And as if to underscore
01:29the need for this legislation, this same group, Churla, that helped organize the LA riots has now
01:35announced that they will be leading the grassroots organizing for Gavin Newsom's redistricting sham.
01:43The same group that has benefited so generously from his largesse that has received funding from California
01:54taxpayers in order to help organize and instigate the actions of rioters is now leading the grassroots
02:02organizing for this attempt to overturn the will of California voters. It is all the more reason
02:09why this type of funding should not be allowed. So I am calling for the prompt passage of my bill,
02:16the No Tax Dollars for Riots Act.
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