John Whitmire: “My commitment right now is to fix Houston.”

“He makes all of us look better. Ambassador, I'm going to take this flight. When I get, when I get his, when I feel comfortable that I can leave Houston because, you know, My commitment right now is to fix Houston. but I'm going to get on that flight to enjoy the. The pleasures of leaving Houston Intercontinental and nonstop to Rome is what I was looking for, quite frankly, as the opportunity to go there.” (08:18–08:21)

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