Ted Poe: “I appreciate the time. I want to talk about what has been occurring in southeast Texas for the last several weeks. I…”

“I appreciate the time. I want to talk about what has been occurring in southeast Texas for the last several weeks. I represent part of the Houston area, north Houston and into other areas of Harris County. Houston is one of many cities in Harris County, Texas. Of course I am going to talk about Hurricane Harvey. On August 26, Texans across the State braced themselves for Hurricane Harvey. It was a quick hurricane in that it developed very quickly in the Gulf of Mexico, and it hit southeast Texas near Corpus Christi and Rockport, and it did considerable damage in Rockport. I understand from Congressman Farenthold, who represents the area, that the entire small town was just obliterated by Hurricane Harvey. That is right on the coast of Texas. Hurricane Harvey made its way up the coast toward Houston, riding the coast and the Gulf of Mexico. When it got to Houston, Texas, it slowed down to some extent, and for 5 days it rained. It rained all day and all night, and the floodwaters rose in the Houston, Harris County area. All told, we got about 50 inches of rain in those 5 days. Seventy percent of Harris County had floodwaters at the highest time that the flood occurred--70 percent of the Houston, Harris County area. {time} 1200 Mr. Speaker, I grew up in Houston, I remember the hurricanes that came through Houston when I was a kid. Hurricane Carla in 1961--or 1962--we thought that was the biggest thing that ever happened to Houston. But there were others since then.…”