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
command emergency incident
You see, I get it when it comes to incident command systems, ... I get it when it comes to emergency management. I know what it's all about.
heart obviously speak stressful tapes trying
It's been very, very stressful obviously to be called a scapegoat, I know in my heart what I was doing, what I was trying to do and the tapes speak for themselves.
complete lane sidewalk waste
The construction of this sidewalk on a dead-end lane is a complete waste of taxpayers' money.
both break
If I could actually find the A-10 pilot, the one that did the shooting, I'd probably break both his knees.
fix
If he's not going to fix things, I think he should.
gut hurts
I've got to tell you my gut hurts on this one. It hurts. I've got cramps. So we need to take this one very, very seriously.
allow anyone cannot current fema structure
The current structure of FEMA is not going to allow anyone to succeed. It just cannot be done.
allow current fema structure
The current structure at FEMA is not going to allow him to succeed.
cash concept decisions empowers repair
The concept is to get them some cash on hand, which empowers them to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to repair their own lives.
cash concept decisions empowers hand repair
The concept is to get them some cash on hand which allows them, empowers them to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to repair their own lives,
cash concept decisions empowers hand start
The concept is to get them some cash in hand which allows them, empowers them, to make their own decisions about what do they need to have to start rebuilding.
empower great hurricane rebuilding start survivors
a great way to ... empower these hurricane survivors to really start rebuilding their lives.
caused hurricane wide
This hurricane has caused devastation over a wide area.
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This is a community that's in dire need of jobs, which has a median income of less than $19,000 a year, ... If we don't use this power, cities will die.