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Ted Cruz: “The National Weather Service had three additional people on…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Texas Flooding and Camp Mystic Tragedy

Published | Video Starts at 07:54

What I can tell you on the facts, if you look at the National Weather Service, number one, they put out Two emergency weather alerts, both before the major flooding. Number two, the National Weather Service … The National Weather Service had three additional people on working that night because they anticipated extreme weather. … of the DOGE cuts, they publicly said that they had no impact on the National Weather Service's ability to monitor and give warnings on this. And so I don't. (07:54–08:02)

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Asserts that extra staff were on duty at the National Weather Service due to anticipated extreme weather.

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