Natural disasters Quote by Garrett M. Graff

“few civilians understood that so much of FEMA’s resources went to its primary mission behind the scenes—coordinating the nation’s COG efforts—and that much of…

— Garrett M. Graff

“ment Agency, which did such a wonderful job on Hur icane Katrina). Funding for the FEMA investigation was only $600,000 and it appears that”

— Arthur Naiman

I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the…

— Lynn Westmoreland

Remarkably, there are leaders in Washington who don't understand why it's so important for us to have a budget.

— Susan Brooks

We thank those Senators, both Republican and Democrat, who stood firm against tremendous pressure from the Bush administration, pro-drilling members of Congress and their…

— Carl Pope

Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA.

— Thad Cochran

It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.

— Clement Attlee

You know, one of the perceptions, again, about FEMA is that there's been a demise in the organization since it became the - under…

— Henry Bonilla

The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House. You…

— Bruce Bartlett

I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a…

— Robert M. Gates

It's discouraging how hard it is for a President to slice away large chunks of a $305 billion budget.

— Gerald R. Ford

Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance…

— Scott Pelley