Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Former administrator of FEMA who resigned from his position after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many americans blamed him for the slow response to help those in New Orleans in the aftermath of the deadly hurricane.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 November 1954
CityGuymon, OK
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I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims, ... This story's not about me. This story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that stretched every government to its limit and now we have to help these victims.
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It is inherently impractical, totally impractical, for the federal government to respond to every disaster of whatever size in every community across the country,
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The federal government did not even know about the convention center people until today.... Now is not the time to be blaming.
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Paula, the federal Government did not even know about the convention centre people until today.
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Government does have the right to take properties under eminent domain with caution and responsibility. In this case the tenant had gone out of business and abandoned the property. It is not right for them to get money because they breached the lease.
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Brian, it's an absolutely fair question... The federal government just learned about those people today.
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I see them picking up the trees, but it's the garbage we need to get picked up now.
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a great way to ... empower these hurricane survivors to really start rebuilding their lives.
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They are fighting an uphill battle. They wouldn't give me the money and resources to do it.
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I probably should have just resigned my post earlier and gone public with some of these things.
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I'm very concerned about people in Mississippi and Louisiana who have watched these storms the past two years hit Florida and Alabama and may have a little lackadaisical attitude toward this thing.
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I was screaming, telling him, don't die, and that I'm sorry.
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I'm very excited to be joining Fulham and I'm looking forward to the challenges that this new opportunity brings.
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It is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.