Sylvester Turner: “on rollcall No. 155, the Watt Substitute for the Budget I am not recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted…”

Unless we address these flooding issues from a regional point of view, the city will continue to flood.

The Texas grid must be designed with the full appreciation that the climate change is real and extreme weather events can occur throughout the year.

Texas ignored these warnings and missed several opportunities to fortify the grid against the threat of extreme weather.

As leaders, we stay on the ship. We don`t leave the ship when the ship is in trouble.