I, and the Nation, are grateful for people like you who place service to country above self.

It is amazing what can be accomplished in our markets if we let people take back their own money and use it for things like direct primary care.

Any time we budget, this is always about choices.

It is amazing to see the best of people come out when things go wrong.

As you know, we suffered through Hurricane Harvey, dumped over 33 trillion gallons of rain over us.

I look forward to working with you and serving with you on this very important subcommittee on disaster preparedness response and recovery.

Just because you might want to cut down on something that is not benefitting the American people, that you are now anti-science or anti-health care.

There is a key difference in how we view spending and where it should occur.

There is a backlog of about $100 million for infrastructure investment. In places like Houston, we care a great deal about that.

One of the things that we have been most frustrated with the Army Corps is how slow they are with many of the projects.

I wish we could have an honest conversation, and I wish people would understand why we might want to reform some of these programs.