“We were not able to do the project as part of an emergency response because FEMA didn't approve it. FEMA considered it permanent repair, not emergency repairs.”
Debbie Tower
“Approve not of him who commends all you say”
Benjamin Franklin
“Such disasters and crises not only endanger people's lives and property, but also test the government's emergency response capability.”
Huang Bailian
“Both governors and every commissioner are responsible. This is not necessarily a money emergency because people are crossing the bridges, paying their tolls and the bills are being paid. But bond markets do not look favorably on unpredictable, unreliable, politically driven decisions. Government organizations are created to pass budgets and meet bond covenants. To do otherwise is irresponsible.”
David Kotok
“As Hurricane Wilma quickly approaches American soil, I fear that our federal response to emergencies is still lacking, ... could not gather that much has changed about where FEMA stands today as it stood at the time Katrina struck.”
William Jefferson
“We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that”
Mark Twain
“I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.”
Epictetus
