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All right, question number two.

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How would you prioritize Texas project paid
for by federal

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infrastructure grants?

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Federal infrastructure grants.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Well, oh yeah, so if we're going to talk about

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infrastructure, there's a lot that we need to
fix here

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in Texas.

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I mean, the top two things that comes to my

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mind is our failing power grid for one.

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I think that comes to everyone's mind.

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I probably don't need to tell you much about
that

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because I'm sure that everyone's aware of
that.

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Another one that you might not be aware of as

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much, particularly particularly around here,
is our water grid, which

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we're also having issues as well.

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Let me talk about Lunchita Falls for a second,
real

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quick.

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I know that's quite far from here, but it's
part

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of my district, and it's an area where they
nearly

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ran out of water.

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They have massive water scarcity issues up
there.

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And so they're very concerned about the uh the
water

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grid.

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The problem with water in Texas, it's not that
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necessarily always run out, we just don't
always have at

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the right places at the right time.

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And we need to uh introduce uh more uh funding

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into trying to upgrade our grid so we can
transport

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water uh across areas to where they need to
go.

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This will also help out our farmers.

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We also need to increase, I believe, uh if if

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we could take uh federal grant money and put
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into our infrastructure, I would invest that
into uh uh

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aquafirers and in water recycling centers
because that will help

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us out as well.

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Um I'm not sure if many of you are familiar

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with Lake Ringold.

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It's a lake that does not exist yet, but it's

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something that uh some legislatures have been
pushing for.

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Uh it will help out with our water situation.

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However, you have to understand the more lakes
we create,

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most of the lakes here in Texas are man-made,
by

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the way.

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Uh, but most of the lakes are very, very
shallow,

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and because they're shallow, the Texas uh sun
comes in

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and evaporates all that water.

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So even though it's really cheap to create uh
more

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and more lakes here in Texas, it's actually
not the

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most efficient way for us.

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And the more lakes that we create makes us run

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into these like imminent domain issues where
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take people's land away in order to create
more of

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these lakes.

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So I think if we could get you know these

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grants, I would uh introduce that into water
recycling centers

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and aquifers and try to uh silt uh water out

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from other areas where we can.

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Very good.

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All right, question number two.

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How would you prioritize Texas projects paid
for by federal

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infrastructure grants?

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Federal infrastructure grants, okay.

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All right.

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Well, oh, yeah, so if we're gonna talk about
infrastructure,

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there's a lot that we need to fix here in

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Texas.

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I mean, that's the top two things that comes
to

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my mind is our uh failing power grid for one.

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I think that comes to everyone's mind.

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I probably don't need to tell you much about
that

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because I'm sure that everyone's aware of
that.

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Another one that you might not be aware of as

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much, particularly particularly around here,
is our water grid, uh,

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which we're also having issues as well.

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Uh, let me talk about Lunchitaw Falls for a
second,

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real quick.

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I know that's quite far from here, but it's
part

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of my district, and it's an area where they
nearly

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ran out of water.

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They have massive water scarcity issues up
there, and so

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they're very concerned about the uh the water
grid.

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The problem with water in Texas, it's not that
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necessarily always run out, we just don't
always have at

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the right places at the right time, and we
need

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to uh introduce uh more uh funding into trying
to

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upgrade our grid so we can transport water uh
across

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areas to where they need to go.

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This will also help out our farmers.

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We also need to increase, I believe, uh if if

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we could take uh federal grant money and put
it

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into our infrastructure, I would invest that
into uh uh

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aquafiers and water recycling centers because
that will help us

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out as well.

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Um, I'm not sure if many of you are familiar

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with Lake Ringold, it's a lake that does not
exist

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yet, but it's something that uh some
legislatures have been

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pushing for.

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Uh, it will help out with our water situation.

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However, you have to understand the more lakes
we create.

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Most most of the lakes here in Texas are
mandated,

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by the way.

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Uh, but most of the lakes are very, very
shallow.

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shallow. And because they're, the Texas uh sun
comes in

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and evaporates all that water

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So even though it's really cheap to keep to
create

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more and more lakes here in Texas, it's
actually not

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the most efficient way for us.

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And the more lakes that we create makes us run

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into these like imminent domain issues where
you have to

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take people's land away in order to create
more of

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these lakes.

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So I think if we could get you know these

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grants out, uh introduce that into water
recycling centers and

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aquifers and try to uh silt uh water out from

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other areas where we can.

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Very good.