David Perdue: “we have had a lot of action today in the Senate, which is unusual here, and I wish to address it. I would like to…”

“we have had a lot of action today in the Senate, which is unusual here, and I wish to address it. I would like to address this to the people in Texas, Louisiana, and to all of those who just experienced the devastating results and the impact of Hurricane Harvey. Obviously, our hearts go out to those people, and, of course, we are going to do the right thing and help the people of Texas, which is just what we voted on today. But there is a bigger issue I want to speak to today. I relate to this personally because, just last year--almost exactly to the day--our family was evacuated from our home in South Georgia. As I speak today, we were just notified today that my wife and mother-in-law, who are there today, will be evacuating this weekend from the south coast of Georgia, trying to get out of the way of the next hurricane--Hurricane Irma-- which looks to be a very dangerous storm as well, coming into Florida over the next day or so. But this crisis that we just saw in Texas and that we might see in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina with the next hurricane--Hurricane Irma--reminds us of a bigger issue. It reminds us that because of our inability to get our financial house in order and as a result of the debt crisis we have today, we are losing the right to do the right thing.…”