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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And while my heart goes out to people on fixed incomes, it is primarily a state and local responsibility. And in my opinion, it's the responsibility of faith-based organizations, of churches and charities and others, to help those people.
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Thank you for your consideration in helping us meet our responsibilities in this near catastrophic event.
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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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The total lack of communication. The inability to hear and have good intelligence on the ground about what was occurring there, ... We had to actually take teams out yesterday because of the dangerous situation they were in. That's very frustrating not only to me but those teams. Those medical teams want to help save lives and the thugs and the others that are causing the problem are actually making it more difficult. So we had to pull them out for a while. They want to go back in. They're going back in.
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People are getting the help they need, ... This is an ongoing disaster. This disaster didn't just end when Katrina left.
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I hope his physical strength and all will help him deal with whatever heart issues he has.
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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.