welcome it is verdict with senator ted cruise ben ferguson with you and senator this week has been

truly a crazy week it's been a crazy two weeks with these two hurricanes uh that hit the the people of

florida not once but twice our thoughts and prayers go out to them uh and and the recovery efforts that are down happening in Florida right now.

And I think we should obviously take a moment and just say, we are praying for the people of Florida.

We are with you right now.

And all of those have been affected by these last two hurricanes.

But there was also something else that happened that was extremely important and it got

overshadowed because of the weather obviously and that was the one-year anniversary of the

attack on the people of Israel well that's exactly right and let's start by saying to the

people of North Carolina that are still suffering

from Helene, and Helene was a horrific hurricane. There was enormous death and devastation,

and to the people of Florida that are suffering from Hurricane Milton, and I know we've had,

I think, the latest death count is nine people who've lost their

lives.

There has been massive suffering.

I will say you and I are both Texans.

Texas understands full well, the misery of hurricanes.

We faced hurricane after hurricane.

We face suffering and death.

And I just want to say we are praying for the people

of North Carolina and Florida and everyone in harm's way, but especially those two states,

which bore the brunt of these two hurricanes. We are praying for the first responders,

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