00:00One of the big national stories is the flash flooding conditions in Texas.
00:04I know your focus is on border security, but can you just walk us through sort of the federal response and sort of work on my head with that?
00:10Look, I think Secretary Noem and President Trump responded quickly.
00:14I know even the Border Patrol, Border Star Unit was deployed, and they're helping to recover effort.
00:20I know Border Patrol air assets are involved.
00:23I think Secretary Noem reacted quickly.
00:25I mean, thank God President Biden's not president, and we still be waiting for a response.
00:30Mr. Holmes, it's a little out of your area, but Secretary Noem has rejected the idea that staff shortages had anything to do with the problems in Texas and forecasting and getting warnings out.
00:39Are you interested in a serious investigation to find out whether staff shortages had anything to do with it?
00:43You're right. It's out of my lane.
00:46Secretary Noem, I'm sure he's all over this.
00:49Of course, the first thing life wants to do is when there's a tragedy like this is blame the Trump administration and the Trump administration.
00:56Bottom line is, I looked at a response that occurred.
01:01It's a far better, quicker, appropriate response than you would have seen in their Biden administration.
