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Has the federal government taken too long to step in at this point?
Well, I think the federal government is responding to the emergency as quickly as it can. Having been notified by the state of Texas, President Biden declared the federal emergency over the weekend before it happened. And this is unlike some situations we ve seen in the past. But I was on the phone with FEMA (Tuesday), trying to get additional help here. I know there s been an announcement (Wednesday) that more is coming.
We have a crisis in front of us, and right now we ve got to solve that problem. That means getting capacity back onto the grid as quickly as possible so people have power and water in their homes. That s what s immediately before us. But we know that so many people who are out of their homes need those blankets, need the generators, need the things that FEMA is providing. My goal is to continue t