We sort of felt this was a Waterloo issue in this committee.

The governor thinks it's a very important issue to be in D.C. to testify before the committee on all of the actions Texas took between Hurricane Katrina and Rita and the financial impact those actions had on our state and continue to have on our state.

This is an issue that transcends any state,

I sort of felt like a sissy.

I felt like a rock star.

The county can't even enforce the permits they've issued and they want to issue more.