Chester Jourdan
Chester Jourdan
homes thousands
We've got tens of thousands of homes that still need repair.
bomb days debris looked storm stuff
Just look at the debris removal. Look at all the stuff that's been removed and think about what it was in the days after the storm around here. It looked like a bomb had exploded.
million
We think we're in the neighborhood of $600 million to $1 billion. That's one-twenty-ninth of the total. We don't think that's unreasonable.
argued six
Everything we've argued for is in those six counties.
agencies delegation follow happened sure
Our (congressional) delegation is going to follow up with the other agencies to make sure that what happened with HUD doesn't happen again.
close needs nowhere
That's going to come nowhere close to what needs to be done.
resources unless
They don't have the resources to do that nor, unless we get that supplemental (federal) money, will (they ever) have the resources to do it.
Once the announcement was made, they couldn't go back.