Issue Position: Preventing Future Flooding

Issue Position

Two years ago, Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, devastating our city. We need to work together to make sure that those who still have not recovered from past storms get the resources they were promised. Congress allocated funding but it is taking too long for that funding to get to Houstonians in need. I promise to work across the aisle and establish relationships with the departments in charge to speed up funding to those who still need help.

We also need to prioritize future funding. That means fighting for research to study underground tunnel mitigation to make sure that water can flow freely into the Gulf, and to widen the existing tunnels and bayous. I'll make sure that funding allocated to Houston actually gets here. On my first day in office, I'll sponsor a bill that states that any infrastructure funding related to flood mitigation in Houston will have a single point of contact with the federal government and will require only one signoff.

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