“Clearly, he understands now the tremendous challenges we face and how much we are counting on FEMA and the resources of our nation, ... The president, by his statements today, is demonstrating the leadership and accountability needed to get the inadequate federal response to this crisis behind us and move forward with rebuilding Louisiana.”
Charlie Melancon
“Districts [face] more pressure on them to perform, [but] they have less resources to do the same job. It's putting a lot of pressure on schools to look for every available dollar, to look for creative ways to squeeze every cent they're entitled to out of the system.”
Hilary McLean
“This test of the U.N. mission in Sierra Leone shows very clearly that the mandates and resources are not and never were appropriate to the situation,”
Abdallah Baali
“We certainly understand that we must protect our streams and our other resources, but we have to find a way to do it that also allows the construction of desperately needed homes, where appropriate.”
Doug Fenichel
“We still feel there's a tremendous amount of resources to be found.”
Scott Davis
“Otherwise, China will face another big increase in population and more pressure on its resources and environment.”
Xinhua News Agency
“The Chinese economy faces four types of structural challenges ? over investment, too much dependence on external demand, inefficiency in resource use, and regional disparity and income inequality.”
Yiping Huang
