Michael Brown Help Quotations

There is no other government agency that reaches people in a more direct way, ... It has been the best job in the world to help Americans in their darkest hours.

We're going to move an army of people down there to help Mississippi and Louisiana however we can.

We're not a first responder agency. We're there to coordinate and help people prepare and coordinate in times of disaster. And so if the country wants us to be more, then we should have a great public policy debate whether that's true or not,

People are getting the help they need, ... This is an ongoing disaster. This disaster didn't just end when Katrina left.

This story's not about me. This story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that stretched every government to its limit, and now we have to help these victims. That's all I've wanted to do.

And while my heart goes out to people on fixed incomes, it is primarily a state and local responsibility. And in my opinion, it's the responsibility of faith-based organizations, of churches and charities and others, to help those people.

Even as progress is being made, we know that victims are still out there and we are working tirelessly to bring them the help they need.

The total lack of communication. The inability to hear and have good intelligence on the ground about what was occurring there, ... We had to actually take teams out yesterday because of the dangerous situation they were in. That's very frustrating not only to me but those teams. Those medical teams want to help save lives and the thugs and the others that are causing the problem are actually making it more difficult. So we had to pull them out for a while. They want to go back in. They're going back in.

I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims, ... This story's not about me. This story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that stretched every government to its limit and now we have to help these victims.

I hope his physical strength and all will help him deal with whatever heart issues he has.