On the recordDecember 7, 2017
I really rise on behalf of the American people. All it takes is a simple pen and cooperation between appropriators to get the job done. Just a few days ago, I listened to representatives from the city of Houston. They are only a sample of the hurting people who have suffered after hurricanes--one of the toughest hurricane seasons in the history of the United States. They indicated that there are 300,000 single- family homes and multi-family homes still under. In my district alone, among other districts, from one part of the State to the next, there are people living in shells of a house. We have yet had a response to be able to help those individuals who have either maxed out or don't have the insurance because they were not in a flood zone. That requires us to not do a CR, but to work on the appropriations. I have got health clinics and the Texas Children's Hospital coming to me every day wondering about the Children's Health Insurance Program because people are hurting. You see, I am not trying to oppose a bill for myself. I am opposing a bill that doesn't have the needs of the American people. It doesn't have healthcare in it. It doesn't have the hurricane funding in it. It doesn't have the funding we need for the Army Corps for pending projects to stop the major catastrophic flooding in Houston, Harris County; and it has low nondefense spending. Let me be very clear. I want a prepared military.…
