Eleanor Norton actually said...

"Report is one thing, permission is another. If we get into permission matters, the supersized disaster we are talking about will be supersized repeated."

"There is no way to argue that we can ease up on Louisiana and Mississippi a little bit; because we have been at this for a long time."

"Half a billion is on appeal, at least $3 billion is in dispute, and the notion that we would even discuss with FEMA things like ALJs..."

"With a new administration, I think it is a fair to ask, are you, Mr. Fugate, in light of the broad bipartisan criticisms of FEMA since Hurricane Katrina...would not a wholesale overhaul of the Agency ..."