secretary carson at hud. he wanted to go, governor abbott and senator cornyn wrapping up the status of things in the great state of texas. the governor is receiving a phone call from the president with congratulations. thanking people for all their hard work, especially to everyday texans in louisiana and are on it as well. the cajun navy coming over to help. hundreds and hundreds if not thousands of folks. the governor i thought pointedly reminded texans during the early goings of the new normal that is to come. they are feeling search and rescue mission. still trying to save lives, people in texas and all the rest. the governor reminding people that the time will come soon when the full scope of what has happened will be a very heavy burden in weight. billions and billions and billions of dollars in recovery. months and years to go and what
utilizing the defense production act to help us purchase and have priority to be able to amass those, bring them into the state. but that is a long process. we don t just start dragging in manufactured homes and travel trailers right off the bat. they re not going to be on your property tomorrow by any means. this is a process where you have to be in, you know, into the individual assistance. the goal is to try to find you a temporary a lasting solution that works within where your job is, and that s what we re working on. so it s a long process. housing is going to be very frustrating in texas. and we have to set the expectations. but we already have disaster housing assessment teams on-site. we re already working very proactively with the state. i just got off the phone with secretary carson at hud. they re going to be actively involved this this as well. thanks, guys. we have to go. thank you. thank you. hi, i m ali velshi.
that it lacked only pool tables. secretary carson, i respect you. but i suppose i can t blame you for focusing on the pennies after all, your boss has called for a 13% reduction in your department s budget. i leave you to ponder that paradox, but i will drop a few jewels of wisdom. one, pets make people, especially kids, feel good about giving them something to love. a television can give a disconnected person a connection with the wider world. and three, a rhetorical question, is a pool table that much of a luxury when you re struggling with ptsd from defending our nation? if all of this is too much to understand, even for a renowned neurosurgeon like yourself, allow me to make it simple.
and the heartland of america are more optimistic today than at any point in the last 20 years. [applause] across-the-board our new president is doing exactly what he said he would do. he s driving all of them a little bit crazy. [applause] in his first 100 days president trump has signed more legislation and executive orders than any president in more than 50 years. [cheers and applause] and he is picked a world-class cabinet, hasn t he? men and women working everyday to make this country great and strong like secretary carson and ambassador nikki haley and our secretary of defense jim mad dog mattis. [cheers and applause]
that will produce a 180-day review of the regulations, policy and legislation that unnecessarily hinders economic growth in the agricultural sector. that task force will be led by our newly sworn in secretary of agriculture former governor sunny perdue. he was sworn in earlier this morning along with cabinet members and will be traveling this entire week to share these achievements with the american people. linda mcmahon is in orlando, florida. tomorrow, secretary carson will be in columbus, ohio, for the fourth stop of his listening tour where he ll speak to the ohio housing council and meet with local leaders and residents. and secretary perdue is getting right to work, to visit agricultural facilities. the president and his extraordinary qualified cabinet have made incredible progress in these first 100 days.