Texas Senate talks about protecting homeowners after natural disasters

AUSTIN (KXAN) — State lawmakers met to discuss several items related to storm response, following Hurricane Harvey.
The Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce addressed four of the interim charges set by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
The storm served as a reminder of the numerous ways homes — and the people who inhabit them — are impacted. Thousands of structures were destroyed by wind and water.
“Our destruction was water,” said Mayor of Orange, Jimmy Sims. &ldquo