Ted Budd: “When you talk about equity or equality--I do not want to conflate the two; they are very different linguistically--but…”

“Every time I’m in WNC, people ask me to make sure that they’re not forgotten. I’d ask my colleagues in Washington and Raleigh to send them a clear message that we’re with them by passing additional funding for disaster recovery,”

I know that in each county, every item almost is over $100,000. That’s every single thing that runs through a rather significant agency. I just don’t think that’s the way you navigate this.

And I can tell you that every other Cabinet secretary has been wonderful to work with and very easy to work with, and I look forward to that from Secretary Noem.

I look forward to hearing from @Sec_Noem on how we can work together to ensure WNC projects quickly receive promised federal funds.