GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz warned against partisan finger-pointing and laying blame during a press conference with state officials on Monday. He said there would be a time for retrospection in the future, but he pushed back on staffing issues at the National Weather Service contributing to the disaster.

Chuck Schumer asked acting Inspector General Roderick Anderson to investigate if recent NWS staff cuts affected the death toll from the Texas floods.

The death toll from the Texas floods has risen to at least 111 as search and rescue efforts continued for a fifth day on Tuesday.