Plus, how the Pentagon has been trying to get around the sequester. House Republicans vote for the 56th time on whether to repeal all or part of the health care law. Ben Carson goes the other way, saying vaccines are necessary and “safe”. Christie walks it back Paul goes further. The historically frigid temperatures pummeled the state’s power grid, forcing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a cooperative responsible for 90 percent of the state’s electricity, to institute rolling blackouts. Ted Cruz is expected to land in Houston at 3:47 p.m. Texans have been forced to huddle in furniture stores and warming shelters, while at least two hospitals in Austin were evacuated when they were left without water and heat on Tuesday night.Ī woman and child died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Houston when they sat in an attached garage while a car was running because there was no heat in their home, authorities said. Photographs of Ted Cruz boarding a flight to the popular vacation spot began circulating on social media on Wednesday. Photographs of Cruz boarding a flight to the popular vacation spot began circulating on social media on Wednesday night as the Lone Star State prepared for its fourth day without heat or safe drinking water. The powerful storm left more than 3.4 million people without power on Wednesday as freezing temperatures wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and froze pipes. Ted Cruz was seen getting back on a plane to the US on Thursday afternoon. My team and I will continue using all our resources to keep Texans informed and safe.”Ĭruz is expected to land in Houston at 3:47 p.m. “We want our power back, our water on, and our homes warm. Ted Cruz left Houston for a Cancun vacation with his family (left) before returning on Thursday (right). My staff and I are in constant communication with state and local leaders to get to the bottom of what happened in Texas,” he added. Wanting to be a good dad, I flew down with them last night and am flying back this afternoon. “With school cancelled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Like millions of Texans, our family lost heat and power, too,” he wrote. Our homes are freezing and our lights are out too. 
We have food lines, gas lines, and people sleeping at the neighbors’ house.
“The greatest state in the greatest country in the world has been without power. “This has been an infuriating week for Texans,” Cruz wrote in a statement. The Republican lawmaker was seen getting back on a plane to the US on Thursday afternoon and issued a statement explaining that he was not on a vacation himself, but was accompanying his daughters, ages 12 and 10, on a flight to theirs. Ted Cruz flew home from Mexico Thursday, amid outrage over his trip during a crisis-level storm in Texas - explaining he was only chaperoning his daughters and their friends on the flight. Trump dominates CPAC presidential straw poll Top GOP figures blast Dems after Senate passes $740B energy and health care bill Trump nemesis Cuomo trashes DOJ Mar-a-Lago raid year after his ouster Biden, WH claims US has ‘zero inflation’ despite annual rate remaining 8.5%
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