...the clownish U.S. Representative-for-life for Texas's 18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district includes most of inner-city Houston. She is noted for her lack of tact and intellect. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and almost its epitome...
(D-Texas) said federal lawmakers should begin working on a Hurricane Harvey aid package worth about $150 billion, more than double the amount Hurricane Sandy needed five years ago.
U.S. population = 330m. That comes out to $454.54 for every man,
woman, gender indeterminate, and child.
Jackson Lee told CNN today that the funding to recover from the massive flooding is needed "because this not only includes the Houston Harris County area, which is 6 million in its metroplex, but all of our areas, such as Beaumont, that was hit last night, Victoria and Corpus and places in south Texas."
"We don't know where else Hurricane Harvey will come," she said. "And we understand it may turn back to Houston on tomorrow and the next day."
The confirmed death toll from the storm thus far is 15, including a family of six and a Houston police officer caught in the floodwaters.
The National Hurricane Center said today that Harvey, now a tropical storm, is moving north-northeast at a glacial 5 mph. "A general north-northeast track is expected today and tomorrow. On the forecast track, the center of Harvey is expected to be just offshore of the middle and upper coasts of Texas through tonight, then move inland over the northwestern Gulf coast early Wednesday," said their latest public advisory. "Maximum sustained winds remain near 45 mph (75 km/h) with higher gusts. No significant change in strength is expected before the center moves inland. A gradual weakening should begin thereafter."