Story highlights Three powerful hurricanes have recently left damage in the US and its territories

House Speaker Paul Ryan visited the Florida region on Wednesday and Texas Thursday

Washington (CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan joined a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers Thursday to help remove debris at a in Friendswood, Texas home damaged by Hurricane Harvey and vowed that Congress will take up legislation next month to get help to those impacted by recent natural disasters.

The Wisconsin Republican said the purpose of his visit was to show "that the recovery efforts are well on their way and there will not be any kind of delay with respect to the federal government."

He said that there was no official request from the Trump administration for additional assistance, but added: "I anticipate there will be more than one piece of legislation moving through Congress but right now it's the short term emergency needs and we are waiting to hear from the administration because they are totaling up what's going on in Florida, in Texas."

"We'll see what's the story in Puerto Rico, then we will get a request from the administration and then we will act on that request," he added, saying he expected a vote sometime in October.

The number two Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, said "it's about the short-term, midterm and long-term." He said the US Army Corps of Engineers is working on a plan for the area damaged by Harvey in Texas to "deal with the future prospects of a hurricane coming up the ship channel and wreaking further havoc and devastation."