Bill White
Bill White
From 2004 until 2010, this Democratic Party politician served as Mayor of Houston, Texas. Previously, during the presidential administration of Bill Clinton, White had held the position of United States Deputy Secretary of Energy.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 June 1954
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Today, I have talked with the senior FEMA official in the United States and the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. They have committed to review both deadlines for hotel reimbursement based on the hotel population and for acquiring needed apartments based on the supply and demand for apartments in Houston,
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Good countries, like good people, keep their word, and I'm sure FEMA will.
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government vehicles to go and evacuate everybody in the area.
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I doubt whether the government can or should tell people or mandate how many vehicles can get out, ... but we do need to educate people and ask that they be considerate to their neighbors.
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I don't need any more money for anything. Andrea and I are in good shape.
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You can't predict the weather. Hurricanes can move in any direction. If you evacuate two or three times and it saves your life only once, that once is enough.
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I can't address that. I was not privy to any conversations that might have occurred in the past where FEMA was encouraging any jurisdictions to put people in 12-month leases.
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The idea of a long-term refugee camp is unacceptable (for the evacuees and Harris County residents),
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All the full resources have been mobilizing for days and days and days,
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The Legislature has a responsibility to act in a practical and responsible way that is separate from the public's reaction. There are a number of different types of sex offenders.