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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

Well, I will ask the Mississippi folks to clarify that, but let me ask this final question, because I really want to get this clear with you all because it is important, I think, for those trying to create a better system.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

Because I most certainly can understand keeping Social Security numbers, banking information private, but information about names, number of children in the household, previous employment, if the father was a welder, that might be helpful…

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

I think we should at least think about why FEMA in this.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

Thank you very much, particularly for those succinct and, I think, very excellent recommendations for improvement.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

Thank you, Ms. Brown. We really appreciate the report that you all have done.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

I have got to, unfortunately, end, but I am going to give each of you 30 seconds.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

I tell my staff I love charts, because when you put them out in the right way, it is so clear and you just can't fudge it.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

we want to recognize by this time line the fact that actually before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, there was virtually no case management provision in the Federal law for dealing with a disaster, as if it was not an essential component of…

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

I, for one, would urge you to work as quickly as you can to reach out to HUD.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

I believe that out of that, we will certainly see a recommendation to the President that, in fact, there needs to be better coordination across the Federal Government in a way that we provide services for recovery and relief to families…

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

I am not sure how effective that next response will be.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

If they walked in and said, we need an apartment, you got it for them, that was success?

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

There needs to be a lead coordinating case management entity with human services experience.

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Mary Landrieu
@marylandrieu· Democratic · LA· Dec 1, 2009

The instinct to create further levels of bureaucracy is rarely appropriate given the power of voluntary agencies.

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