Look I'm from California and I say fair is fair, if the state has an agreement with feds that says they should be reimbursed for fighting fires on fed land they should! Now let's see $18 million they say? I have no problem with the federal government withholding $18 million of aid money that would have gone to sanctuary cities in California and instead using it to pay the firefighting bill.
Ransom is never paid by the feds. Don't you know that? Standing by and letting the state burn is pure extortion.
So far, we have only heard from the leftists in California on this. Wonder when Zinke will weigh in.
Bet he has a list of unpaid items the state has not contributed on to choose from.
Remember, this is a political hack who made this claim.