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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We may be asking for extensions of these deadlines based on market conditions and commitments previously made by FEMA, and we feel confident that FEMA will review those requests on the merits,
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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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We will not forget that there are dislocated Americans with us,
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We feel they are trying to intimidate and insult people who are going to our demonstration. We don't feel government should be allowed to do that.
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I start by articulating the policy and goal that the brightest, the most qualified and experienced should make the decision, ... Nobody successfully argues against that.
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There will not be enough government vehicles to go and evacuate everybody in every area, ... We need neighbor caring for neighbor.
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These are a bunch of criminal animals out there.
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Rather than risk confrontation with (police), we are going to stay at the Capitol.
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Between the local people and the top seem to be about seven or eight layers of people who need to get a life,
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I want a performance-oriented government that produces results, ... That's contrary to a government based on sound bites and images.
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everyone without putting our guests before our residents. If we succeed in that, we will be so much stronger as a city.
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coming into our community at a pace of 30 an hour.