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It is Vertiquist Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you.

Traditionally, you hear the show on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

We are coming to you on Tuesday.

After the just tragic flooding in Texas, the centers, you've been down there with the people in Currville

and the surrounding areas comfort. This is actually an area that I spent a ton of time with my

family at the ranch, and it has hit very close to home for us. We also have friends who

lost a daughter in this flooding at the

Christian camp that so many have talked about and you've seen in the media and it is just

so sad and devastating to know that there are people they're going to be going to that little

girl's funeral on Friday and to see what is done in Houston to people that there are people they're going to be going to that little girl's funeral on Friday

and to see what is done in Houston to people that knew so many that were there.

You were down there, and it is obviously sad, but is also encouraging to see so many people coming together,

so many Texans coming together, so many people rallying around these families in this just

horrific time.

Well, Ben, you and I are recording this at 1236 a.m. Monday night, and I spent the entire day

in the Hill Country starting at 6 a.m. this morning. And I visited with families who were grieving.

I went to Camp Mystic and saw firsthand the devastation.

I will tell you there are not words to describe just how much Texas is hurting.

This is across the state and across the the country people are grieving they're grieving

for the moms and dads this flooding i'll tell you in my 13 years in the senate i've seen a lot of

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