John Whitmire: “I have not traveled out of the country, really out of state…”

“I enjoy my work. I'm seeing the results of hard work, long hours, and I thank Houston is for giving me this opportunity. No, I won't be taking a vacation. And also I have not traveled out of the country, really out of state, just twice since being elected. I feel like my responsibility is to be here in Houston when we have something like a recycling center fire that involves over 200 firefighters that could have gone a lot worse than it ended up because of the dedication of our firemen.” (23:41–23:47)

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