"Listen, I'm not going to comment on any particular event," Burr told CNN when asked about Trump's positive comments about the Puerto Rico disaster. "I am going to tell you the cooperation and response that I have experienced with this FEMA versus any FEMA for the 25 years that I've been here has been exemplary."

Burr said he was briefed Tuesday on the administration's preparations for the storm, which is expected to make landfall later this week.

"Brock Long has thought this disaster through," Burr said referring to the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "They are pre-positioning a number of people on the ground to meet the needs. I had my first daily briefing from them this morning and they've got everything covered. The level of cooperation with the states -- everybody knows exactly what they're doing -- and this will be in large measure an even greater human dislocation that Texas was."

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