"The operations to help people there have been mostly by air."
"We absolutely expect to have mortality from this hurricane."
"The governor has asked for a full complement of federal help, which he should. It is the right thing to do."
"We have now officially sent the letter with the request to the Biden administration for a major disaster declaration for all 67 counties, requesting the federal government do 100 percent reimbursement..."
"Folks should be prepared if you`re in this region, that there is going to be an interruption of power. So just plan on that."
"We feel like we have a good relationship with FEMA. I`m happy to brief the president if he`s interested in hearing what we`re doing in Florida. My view on all this is, like, you got people`s lives at ..."
"Governor DeSantis wanted this political play to keep him in the national spotlight."
"Governor DeSantis took credit for that flight to Martha`s Vineyard."
"They were hungry homeless, they had no, no opportunity at all. State of Florida it was volunteer, offered transport to sanctuary jurisdictions, because it's our view that one, the border should be sec..."
"the problem is we`re not seeing mass movements of them into Florida, but it just coming in onesie, twosies. But there`s no way you can possibly track all of that because it`s on such a small scale."
"We are not a sanctuary state, and it’s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. And, yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you."