ABC13 Exclusive: AOC among other US representatives that toured Houston storm damage
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Filling a toilet tank with water from buckets is not how Kory Haywood and Dolores Lozano expected to spend their weekend. They are boiling water, cleaning up, and hoping the damage to their home doesn t get worse.
They closed a year ago next week, and now they are a symbol of a failed system. This is their first home, and its located in Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia s district. Three members of congress toured the damage left behind in that home after this week s storm.
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, from left, volunteers at the Houston Food Bank with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia and on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, from left, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wave to volunteers as they make their way to their work station at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less