Natalie Rule
Natalie Rule
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It is not as simple as driving right up into the city of New Orleans and starting a rescue as we might be able to do in other disasters, such as an earthquake.
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This is the largest relocation of any sort of disaster response in our history. We're essentially relocating most of the city of New Orleans.
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This is the largest relocation of any sort of disaster response in our history, ... We're essentially relocating most of the city of New Orleans.
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We're essentially relocating most of the city of New Orleans,
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We tried it as an innovative way to get aid to evacuee populations in Texas. We decided it would be more expeditious with direct deposits.
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We need a national network of case management to help families in their search for work or to help them move from one place to another.
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We have no tolerance for fraud - not against FEMA, not against the American taxpayer, our partners and certainly not against the victims of these hurricanes. We are looking into this matter specifically and are supporting the Department of Justice in every way possible.
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Unfortunately, the congressman does not understand the rule-making process. There is only the best of intentions here and a good faith effort. We encourage people to talk to us.
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It should instill confidence that we are able to respond to something this catastrophic involving this many million people. This is a huge disaster and we have been able to get in there and we're getting people into safer areas. It's not easy and it won't be easy.
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We already had all of our first-responder teams pre-deployed -- 32 teams in all -- who went in and staged in and around the hurricane zone and were ready to go by Sunday. This is deployment that requires that the governor make a request to the federal government.
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Every disaster is different. The 2004 hurricane season was extremely helpful in homing in on where we could tighten things up.
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We've got a huge population of people that have been evacuated with very little by way of possessions and we have to have a way to make sure these people can function. If there are those who are out there to cheat the system, that is going to be very disappointing. But the main goal is to get the aid out.
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There wasn't a high level of registrations coming in at this point. Now that the immediate needs has been met, we have seamlessly moved to our transitional housing assistance program.
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There wasn't a high level of registrations coming in at this point, ... Now that the immediate needs has been met, we have seamlessly moved to our transitional housing assistance program.