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Lee wrote:
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill
to improve local disaster warning
systems this year
A GOP state lawmaker who represents
Kerr County says he likely would vote
differently now on House Bill 13,
which would have established a grant
program for counties to build new
emergency communication infrastructure.
“All the focus right now is let’s save
all the lives we can,” Virdell, who was
still on the scene in Kerrville, told
The Texas Tribune on Sunday.
Virdell’s closeup view of the havoc
wreaked on his district has made a
lasting impression, he said, and left
him reconsidering a vote he made just
a few months ago against a bill that
would have established a statewide
plan to improve Texas’ disaster
response, including better alert
systems, along with a grant program
for counties to buy new emergency
communication equipment and build
new infrastructure like radio towers.
“I can tell you in hindsight, watching
what it takes to deal with a disaster
like this, my vote would probably be
different now,” said Virdell, a
freshman GOP lawmaker from Brady.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/06/texas-disaster-warning-emergency-communication-bill-kerrville-floods/
"vote differently" "hindsight"
Hope they remember this the next time they vote
on something like this.
But they won't. They're *that* stupid.
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