{"id":2020792,"date":"2023-09-03T11:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-visits-maui-following-deadly-wildfires-we-will-investigate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:29:54","slug":"speaker-mccarthy-visits-maui-following-deadly-wildfires-we-will-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-visits-maui-following-deadly-wildfires-we-will-investigate\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy visits Maui after fatal wildfires, vows investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspeaker-mccarthy-visits-maui-following-deadly-wildfires-we-will-investigate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Speaker \u2062Kevin\u200b McCarthy Visits Maui to\u2064 Witness Wildfire Damage<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Speaker \u200dKevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2023\/09\/03\/house-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">speaker<\/a>-kevin-mccarthy-visit-maui-witness-damage-caused-by-wildfires-hold-press-conference\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>visited<\/a> the town of Lahaina on Saturday to tour what he described \u200cas the \u201csheer devastation\u201d inflicted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-censures-paul-gosar-strips-him-of-committee-seats-over-ocasio-cortez-video\/\" title=\"House Censures Paul Gosar, Strips Him Of Committee Seats Over Ocasio-Cortez Video\">deadly wildfires<\/a> last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the visit, McCarthy \u200bfocused on how to help residents rebuild after a fire practically destroyed the entire city of Lahaina on the island of \u2062Maui, which experienced a series of blazes. He also vowed to get to\u2063 the \u2063bottom of what many say is a\u200b lackluster response by\u200d all levels\u2062 of government, vowing to use the resources of Congress to investigate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe want to\u200d get the resources to individuals \u200cthat could rebuild their life, we\u2019ve got to focus on the\u200d children for the schools, get them back\u200b into\u200d the education so they don\u2019t miss out,\u201d\u200b McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4184849-mccarthy-travels-to-maui-after-deadly-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe will investigate to find out why did it happen, what went right, what went wrong, \u200dso other\u200b communities won\u2019t ever have to see this,\u201d he later added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The California Republican\u2063 said the House would look into \u200bvarious factors\u2063 that may have led\u200b to \u200dthe rapid spreading of the\u2062 fire and the inability to contain it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-mccarthy-visits-maui-following-deadly-wildfires-we-will-investigate\/\" title=\"McCarthy visits Maui after fatal wildfires, vows investigation.\">including overhead power lines<\/a>, invasive grasses, resources for the \u200dfire \u2064department, and the\u200c adequacy of \u200cthe \u200dcounty building codes, \u200daccording to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilbeat.org\/2023\/09\/gop-leader-promises-help-for-maui-and-an-investigation-into-the-deadly-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honolulu Civil Beat<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McCarthy was touring Lahaina with a bipartisan group of legislators, including Hawaii Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda, Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Ohio Republican Rep. David Joyce, and Idaho Republican Rep. Russ Fulcher. The investigation,\u200b according to\u2064 the Speaker, should also be a bipartisan effort. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m in Hawaii right \u2062now \u2064with a bipartisan group of\u200b lawmakers because tragedies \u200cunite us \u2063as Americans.\u2063 This isn\u2019t a place for partisan politics,\u201d \u200bMcCarthy posted \u2062to X along \u2063with photos\u200b of his visit.\u2064 \u201cIt is a place to say thank you to the first responders and to\u200c act quickly for the \u2062survivors as they rebuild after the deadly fire.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m in Hawaii right now with\u200c a\u200c bipartisan group of \u2062lawmakers because tragedies unite us\u2062 as Americans.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a place for partisan politics. It is a place to say thank you\u2064 to the first responders and to act quickly \u200cfor the survivors \u200das\u200b they rebuild after the deadly fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9CoYstMXSH\">pic.twitter.com\/9CoYstMXSH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1698147931243655325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The death toll from the fires is\u2062 at least 115, \u2062while there are 385 people \u2063still missing, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/total-missing-after-maui-fires-remains-near-400-after-governor-indicated-number-might-drop-under-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers<\/a> released by the FBI. \u2062But Hawaii Democratic Governor Josh Green says, \u201cExact numbers are \u200bgoing to\u200c take time, perhaps a long time, to become finalized.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two weeks ago, McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-federal-response-seems-very-delayed-mccarthy-blasts-biden-administration-on-maui-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called \u2064for<\/a> a congressional investigation into the fires,\u200d calling \u200bthe federal government\u2019s \u2063response \u201cvery delayed.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe still have hundreds of individuals that are missing. I think there\u2019s gonna have to be a congressional investigation in response of what\u2062 happened. How could we lose that many \u200bAmericans \u200din today\u2019s age?\u201d McCarthy\u200c said at a Syracuse, \u200dNew \u200cYork, press conference. \u201cThe\u200c president\u2019s response to have no comment? That\u2019s unacceptable,\u201d he added \u200clater. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A week after McCarthy floated the idea, House Oversight Committee Chair\u200d James Comer (R-KY) announced a probe into the federal government\u2019s response\u2064 to the tragedy, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/08\/29\/house-republicans-oversight-investigate-biden-response-maui-fires-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telling<\/a> the Daily Caller \u200dNews Foundation, \u201cAmericans, \u200despecially those impacted\u200c by this \u200dtragedy, deserve answers.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the Oversight Committee\u2019s investigation, House Energy\u2064 and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris\u2062 Rodgers (R-WA) <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/posts\/e-and-c-republican-leaders-open-investigation-into-hawaiian-electric-following-deadly-maui-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> an inquiry into Hawaiian Electric. Rodgers sent a letter to the\u2064 electric company, the State Energy \u200dOffice, and \u200bthe Hawaii Public Utilities \u2064Commission \u201cseeking\u200b information\u2062 regarding the role of\u200b electric \u200dinfrastructure in the August fires that broke out.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) surveyed the &#8220;sheer devastation&#8221; caused by the recent deadly wildfires in Lahaina. His visit aimed to assist residents in rebuilding the city on Maui Island, which was almost entirely destroyed by the fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1530,"featured_media":2020793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}