"that power can be abused in some cases."
"the one thing is that direct allocation for Harris County and the City of Houston would be beneficial and would cut a lot of the red tape."
"It is beyond frustrating that we sit here today, 578 days after Harvey made landfall, still trying to grapple with these recovery programs."
"Let us learn from what we have heard here today so that we aren't back here after the next season of hurricanes."
"it just seems that with Puerto Rico, it is just damn slow, and we need to get it going."
"I was really troubled with your responses to the chairwoman regarding the disaster recovery dollars for Puerto Rico."
"the key to an audit is, to go in and do it quickly as possible, as effectively and efficiently as you can"
"There are more tarps than I wanted to count. I went to Ponce with the mayor, I visited San Juan, and I just was stunned at the lack of response."
"I think Houston is beginning to feel like a pinata. We have been beaten up by one flood after another after another."
"I would encourage you to do more of that."
"We will be watching closely on that front."