Wesley Hunt: “What we know for a fact is we need to dredge addicts and…”

“Okay, so what exactly have we done for flood mitigation at the federal level to ensure that we even have Houston for the next time the big storm hits? And the answer is nothing. Right now. What we know for a fact is we need to dredge addicts and Barker reservoirs, partly part of which will be in my district here after I win. And of course, Dan Crenshaw. So we need to work together to get that done. It needs to be dredged out. We need to talk about building that third reservoir.” (25:50–26:00)

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