Eric Holdeman Quotations

We've seen what happens when the federal government hasn't done much of anything in advance. If you want to be prepared for the maximum credible catastrophic event, you should be thinking seven days, not just the minimum of three days.

We can't expect meaningful federal support to be on the ground providing provisions in an organized manner until probably the seventh day. Our emergency response system is geared toward everyday emergencies, not disasters. ... People need to be able to help themselves.

We don't have freedom to choose what we want to work on. It's decided for us, by the Department of Homeland Security, where it's all terrorism, all the time.

DHS owns the plan. They did not follow the plan. They did not implement it quickly.

This isn't just tossing out a tool; it's like tossing out the whole toolbox.

It's terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, terrorism. It's what all the funding is directed towards. New Orleans shows the result when known problems aren't addressed because we're fixated on something else.