was deeply and personally engaged in the process from before the hurricane. I was deeply and personally involved in the process from before the hurricane.

deeply and personally engaged in the process from before the hurricane.

we have an ongoing flood situation even as we're in the middle of recovering from the hurricane.

last summer FEMA, who reports to you, and the LSU Hurricane Center, and local and state officials did a simulated Hurricane Pam in which the levees broke. ... Thousands drowned.

Well, I'm not excusing the fact that planning and preparedness was not where it should be. We've known for 20 years about this hurricane, this possibility of this kind of hurricane.

It is going to be a very difficult process, I think the emotional toll is going to be substantial,