I am privileged to have--my constituents have given me the time and the seniority to become a subcommittee chairman on Appropriations, and we all worked together as a team.

the legislature will not provide county commissioners with ordinance banking authority, so your hands are pretty well tied.

We really have to make sure the money gets into the hands of the people that need it just as quickly as humanly possible and simplify things.

the money you need for Brays Bayou... has got to be paid for with the Harris County flood control property tax dollars.

One of our greatest frustrations as Members of Congress is when we pass legislation and appropriate money, and we are aiming it at disaster recovery, is the length of time that it takes to reach the hands of the people who are hurting the…

So every dollar the county provides, there will be 3 additional Federal dollars, so we are limited.

We began to use our dump trucks as our rescue vehicles, designed normally to haul debris.

The most urgent need we face today is to make sure that the money that Congress appropriated reaches the people who have lost so much.

The money has to get to the place where it is needed as fast as it possibly can.

I am hoping that we will look at something on flood insurance and look at the affordability...

That needs to be expedited. Whatever needs to happen, we need to get it done right away.