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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We have to keep a close eye on the manufacturing industry. That's really the bread and butter of the United Way.
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We're really good at coordinating, ... We're called the government's honest broker, and I think that's true.
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My biggest mistake was not recognizing by Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional.
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We came up to the bar to get some pop. We ended up playing pool.
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Maybe I should have screamed 12 hours earlier.
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Man, 54 years old, and I've never had a whipping like this in my life.
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I'm hoping they get serious about evacuating New Orleans,
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just assumed that agencies would follow up on taskings resulting from the calls.
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I think everyone in the country needs to take a big, collective, deep breath and recognize that there are a lot of people in this state, in Mississippi and Alabama who are living under conditions that, quite frankly, I doubt any reporter in this room is living under -- no food, no water, it's hot, it's sticky, their homes have been destroyed, they don't know where they're going to go next.
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We've got to give good effort but also do the right thing.
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Today I resigned as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ... As I told the president, it is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.
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Having a moon is just inherently cool, and is something that most self-respecting planets have.
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We realize that many victims do not have access to the usual means of even registering for assistance, and FEMA is initiating efforts to bring the registration process to those in need.
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We're bringing in food, water, and the medical teams and urban search-and-rescue teams to have a massive response.