Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, said recent government spending cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service did not delay any warnings.

Experts said the NWS did a good job warning about the flooding, but questions remain about whether the cuts played a role.

As the death toll rose to nearly 100, some elected officials and experts say the flash flooding that engulfed the Guadalupe River highlight the need for Americans to invest more, not less, in