John Culberson: “I think that is one of the biggest lessons learned here, Mr. Chairman, that there was inadequate warning given to…”

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.

I look forward to working with Chairman Shuster and with my colleagues in the House representing the great State of Texas in ensuring that this money gets out the door to our constituents as soon as possible to help them recover, and that…

The Border Patrol said: We don't catch them, they catch us.

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.