Whether the administration is Republican or Democratic. It's our job as representatives of Central Texas to ask the tough questions on behalf of our constituents and ask why resources weren't deployed immediately. The policy that the new secretary under Donald Trump has put in place is that she wants to sign off on every expense over $100,000. But when there's a critical emergency in the middle of the night, we should be rethinking policies like that so that we can get search and rescue out within 72 seconds, not within 72 hours. (04:05–04:14)
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Asserts that a policy requires the DHS Secretary to approve expenses over $100,000.
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