Should the Federal Government help victims of Harvey?

Of course it should.  

Nonetheless, I think it is important to remember that when Congress voted to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy in January 2013, Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted no.  Cruz said recently the bill had unrelated “pork” items.  That is, to put it bluntly, a lie.

Twenty-three of 24 Texas House members also voted no on the Sandy bill.  Some complained the money was being used for the Head Start program.  Some was.  It was to be used to aid Head Start facilities in N.Y. and N.J. damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

If I were in the House now, I would vote for the bill, but I would attach a rider that said, “In light of the growing intensity of hurricanes due to the increase in Gulf of Mexico water temperature, we hereby urge President Trump to rescind his order pulling out of the Paris Climate Pact.”

As for the Texas and Oklahoma and Louisiana delegations, you could accept the amendment or go pound sand.