"To add insult to injury, and that schoolteacher, if she’s like half of school teachers in Texas is working a second or even third job to make ends meet because we don’t pay our public school educators..."
"Thankfully there are volunteers who are going out there and doing the job the government should do."
"But let’s learn from this, let’s improve the electricity grid we have here and let’s put people in positions of power who actually care for those that they represent and swear that they serve."
"When our public servants are not getting it done, then the people are the lead. And we`ve got to make sure that we follow that example."
"It`s still really tough for a lot of people, unfortunately. You mentioned at the top of your show, we have more than 7 million Texans under a boil water notice right now in communities like San Antoni..."
"I think what you have is people who are in government who don`t believe in government at a time that we all need government to work. And in Ted Cruz, you have someone who actually tried to overthrow t..."
"I don`t see that from our state government. I do see it from local leaders."
"In Ted Cruz, you have someone who actually tried to overthrow the government and overturn a lawfully, legitimately, democratically decided election."
"I think we need to have a mandate to weatherize all power generation across Texas. We need to incentivize additional capacity for storms and natural disasters like these that because of climate change..."
"You have a state government that literally does not believe that climate change is taking place and is not protecting those who are most vulnerable."
"We are nearing a failed state in Texas and it has nothing to do with God or natural disasters. It has everything to do with the leadership and those in positions of public trust who have failed us."
"It`s worse than you are hearing from everything that I`ve learned from reaching out to the people that I`ve met across the 254 counties of Texas. Folks have gone days now without electricity or water ..."