HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Wednesday pushed the U.S. government to quickly approve funds for Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts and clear any regulatory hurdles to recovery.
"I'm hoping that people at the federal level, at the very top, will understand this was catastrophic," Turner said at a news conference. "We just need the red tape to be cleared. All of us have to act with a degree of urgency."
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