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Highway patrol. we had over 1700 officers keeping our roads open. we had some traffic but the truth is it never stopped. we had to open up shelters in places in the state and so they've already -- they with d.o.t. opened up all of our highways and turnpikes are open again. working to make sure there's fuel on them. we will be getting the fuel trucks out. next i want to thank the federal government. it starts with president trump. i've talked to president truttyy day. day before yesterday talked to him three times. we're going to get all the federal resources we can. talking to vice president p...

And a couple days later the governors would assess what their problems are and would ask the president for a disaster declaration. the enormity of this storm caused the president to sign a prelandfall declaration, and he had been asked by the governor of texas to do this. what this does is freeze up all federal assets are now available, and for -- available for them to use and the charge for anything that they rent, overtime, all those things start prior to landfall. this is a big deal. this is really going to help the small towns and can rural communities out there in texas. now they know the...