Government is not adequately prepared structurally to respond to a catastrophic event.

We need to bring that urgency and that actual process to the coastal restoration.

if we do all these things, I think we are at the verge of really witnessing probably one of the most catalytic urban transformations in recent history.

We can take credit for that.

If it were not for Senator Landrieu, much of this would not have happened.

As we approach the 5-year anniversary of the worst natural and manmade disaster in American history, we are compelled to pause and consider the road we have traveled.

I would encourage Congress and the Senate to give broader authorization to FEMA to settle lump sum with parishes and mayors all over the country.

We are grateful for his leadership.

I continue to call on FEMA and the Administration to resolve these disparities so that communities that were equally devastated by Hurricane Katrina are not treated unfairly in the Community Disaster Loan (CDL) process.

She has just been a tigress in getting that legislation passed for us.

We have a special obligation to get it right.

I want every resident of this proud region to know that this Administration will never forget you.

I live in the most powerful country in the world. Surely our Federal Government is going to come in and provide some assistance.

Thank you so much, Administrator, and again, this is a perfect example.

I think that is critically important.

I want to say that at the time of Hurricane Katrina--Mr. Fugate, this--that the Federal Government allowed these officials to borrow a total amount of money of $5 million.

I thank all the leaders that are coming to Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama to our help and rescue. Congress is going to an unprecedented session to pass a $10 billion supplemental bill tonight to keep FEMA -- and the Red Cross up and…

She did start the cycle. And you have got to give her credit. She has some guts. She took on an incumbent senator in Alaska.