The greatest hindrance Southeast Texas has had is the administration, the president.

The focus now is appropriations. Then we need transition to economic development and then work-force issues.

This is a team sport. We need as many people there as possible.

The thing I do not want to do is do anything that will hurt the citizens of Jefferson County or keep them from getting the assistance they need.

I have been to the Ninth Ward. There is debris in the Ninth Ward, but you don't have people. We say, send the money where the people are.

We're asking them to send the money where the people are, not where the trash is.