I would like to see things happen much quicker, but they're not, so I have to agitate, stimulate, bother, become a pest, if you will. And that's what we're trying to do to make sure that we get the resources.
Ray Nagin expresses his frustration over the slow pace of federal assistance for New Orleans and emphasizes his efforts to secure funding.
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