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Ted Cruz denies National Weather Service cuts contributed to loss of life in Texas floods
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7/7/2025
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You know, I can tell you, I talked about the partisan finger pointing.
00:05
I think there have been some eager to point at the National Weather Service and say cuts there led to a lack of warning.
00:13
I think that's contradicted by the facts.
00:16
And if you look at the facts in particular, number one, that these warnings went out hours before the flood became a true emergency level.
00:25
But number two, the National Weather Service here, New Braunfels, is where they were headquartered.
00:33
They had additional manpower.
00:34
In fact, they had three additional people working that night anticipating that it was going to be a very dangerous weather situation.
00:42
I also think it's worth noting that the National Weather Service union, which has been very critical of the doge cuts,
00:47
has publicly said that they don't believe that the reduction in staffing had any impact whatsoever on their ability to warn of this event.
00:56
And so, look, I think it is reasonable over time to engage in a retrospective and say at every level what could have been done better,
01:04
because all of us would want to prevent this horrific loss of life.
01:11
But I think just immediately trying to use it for either side to attack their political opponents,
01:17
I think that's cynical and not the right approach, particularly at a time when we're dealing with a crisis and we're dealing with grief.
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