My point wasn't - I pointed out in 1900, Galveston, which is in my district, they survived without FEMA and they did rebuild the city and it was mostly local funds. Probably some state funds.

The federal government had a lot of responsibility for the creation of the mess in New Orleans.

Federal bureaucracies as a whole don't do a very good job, but FEMA has the worst reputation of almost any of them.

If you want efficiency, why don't we look at how thing were handled before we had FEMA.

I have had more calls on FEMA, being upset with FEMA than all the other agencies put together.

Rescue operations, I think so. As a matter of fact, my approach, I think was a very modest and reasonable approach when they came for funds.

FEMA is not a good friend of most people in Texas. Because they just come in and tell you what to do and can't do. You can't get in your houses and hinder the local people and they hinder the volunteers from going in. So, there is no magic…

I said I will vote for the funds, but you have got to cut it. We're broke. The economic condition of this country is dire.

So my point wasn't -- I pointed out in 1900, Galveston, which is in my district, they survived without FEMA and they did rebuild the city and it was mostly local funds.

They would have been better off in Katrina if they would have just written a check to everybody and not gotten involved in all the mess that they did.

We're bankrupt and we can't continue spending. And even these temporary proposals won't address the subject, that we will default. We won't default by not paying the bills. We will default by more inflation. And that is a serious problem.

Well, it raises the debt limit. And I've made too many promises I wouldn't raise the debt limit. I've never voted for the Appropriation Bill and I've been worried about our spending for many, many years if not decades.