Well, thank you, Senator Menendez.

My concern is, like in California, they try to go to a tandem 53-footer, which cannot navigate the on-ramps and off-ramps in our freeways.

And the answer to the bridges? You know, the truck freight is not being factored in, supposedly, according to our information.

How can we be confident of that?

my area is the home of the Corridor of National Significance, rail-truck corridor, 100 trains a day, 50,000 trucks through my district.

Mr. Speaker, in my continuing efforts to highlight the 23rd District of Texas, I would like to talk about one of my favorite and one of the most rural parts of the 23rd District, the ghost town of Terlingua. Terlingua, the ghost town, is…

Madam Speaker, earlier I was on the floor and I mentioned Clay Henry as one of the former elected officials in the district that I represent. I referred to him as the mayor of Terlingua; and you would think having grown up there and lived…

If you make the program so onerous and you have got to dot the 'I' and cross the 't' 48 times before you get a nickel, something is wrong.

If people had $80,000 of damage and got $70,000 from their insurance company, the only amount we want them to get is $10,000.

Zero dollars for New York City makes you scratch your head and wonder if something is wrong with the way they set it up.

I talked to Mayor de Blasio within the last hour about this. He called me, which shows his concern, which I appreciate.

You obviously want to see the money only go to people who need it and deserve it.

I am concerned about the speed of money flowing to New York City.

I will be deeply disappointed if we do not have a Nassau County plan.

We do not yet have a plan in place for the rest of Nassau County.

I can tell you, as the author of the bill here in the Senate, along with Senators Menendez, Gillibrand, and--is there another Senator?

My view is this has to be funded federally.

It has been over 18 months since Sandy. I have heard from small business owners who want these loans and are not getting them.