We welcome their interest in seeing their recommendations implemented. There is ample public information available for them to review about all of the actions we continue to take to better protect the American people.

There are many reviews underway to look back and review how the events unfolded during that week and all levels of government have to take stock of what happened, act on that and make sure that it doesn't happen again.

A lot of people think that public speaking means that you are standing at a podium giving a speech, but public speaking comes in lots of different formats.

We were asking a variety of sources on the ground for firsthand information. We understood that the situation in New Orleans was a major emergency and were continually demanding information.

I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented.

The way we work in public health is, we make the best recommendations and decisions based on the best available data.