North Texas lawmakers check on people in flooded Houston homes

HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — In Houston, volunteers scour flooded neighborhoods for people who waited too long to try to reach dry land. Two of those volunteers were North Texas state lawmakers who let KXAN follow them through the waters.
“That’s a car that’s completely submerged under water. We’ve been driving around here for three or four days now,” said State Senator Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, pointing to a vehicle underwater.
Hughes and Rep. Cole Hefner, R-M