Elaine Chao: The ‘Devastation Is Just Heartbreaking’ in Texas and It’s ‘Worse than Katrina’

RUSH EXCERPT:

CHAO: "You know, the devastation is unbelievable, we are only able to get to Corpus Christi, which is about three hours and 45 minutes from Houston, the president, the vice president wanted to get as close to Houston as they could, the president, during his first trip earlier this week, the vice president yesterday, and for us, we could only get as close to Houston as Corpus Christi, which as I mentioned is three hours and 45 minutes away, Corpus Christi has been really damaged by winds, and Houston, obviously the flooding continues, it willday, and then hopefully the waters will receive, but the devastation is just heartbreaking, I have been through Katrina before, this is worse than Katrina. And what I saw on the ground in Texas, full of grits, full of courage, and full of determination, as he heard the vice president say, he promised that this administration, all of us in the cabinet, all of the cabinet officers, all of the department, the assets of the whole entire federal government will be with Texas, as they tried to rebuild and restore their lives in the time ahead."