Michael Brown Quotes
We can take care of our own people... and we're going to do that. I understand their frustration. I understand these people are suffering, and I'm telling you we're doing absolutely everything we can to make sure we take care of them. 
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I believe that by judging EPA's actionsnot just our promise to do what's right, but our work in sampling and cleaning up whatever should be cleaned upthe community will recognize that we are worthy of their trust.
- Michael Brown
[He said FEMA mistakenly paid out a handful of undeserving claims and made some other bureaucratic errors. But he said his agency was trying to engage in a difficult balancing act -- practicing judicious oversight while sending payments to needy hurricane victims as fast as possible.] We must never . . . sacrifice that urgency in the pursuit of elusive administrative perfection... Our mission to get help quickly to those who desperately need it must take priority, yet be carefully balanced with our obligation to be stewards of taxpayer dollars. . . . FEMA was never stampeded into making any decisions.
- Michael Brown