John Culberson: “remember Ben Franklin's admonition that those who would trade a little freedom for a little safety, you are going to…”

I can tell you, as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, I am going to use every financial tool at my disposal to light a fire under every bureaucracy that I can find that is sitting on this money.

The Founders entrusted the power of the purse to the Congress because it is the most effective and powerful check and balance in our Constitution. It is vitally important that this Congress work to pass these appropriations bills in their…

No one is going to do a better job than the Governor. That is the genius of what Mr. Jefferson and the Founders left us.

I wanted to urge you to keep us in the forefront of your mind, the people of Florida and the people of Texas, who are really suffering as a result of these terrible hurricanes that hit Texas.