"I want to, again, offer my deep, sincere apologies to all those I have let down and disappointed with these actions from my past. I am completely responsible. And I am so very, very sorry."
"We are a nation that believes in upholding the rule of law."
"I have issued a statement apologizing for, quote, 'a very serious sin in my past.'"
"I can tell you exactly how they're going to react. That Congress is protecting itself. That Congress is hiding something. I think that is enormously destructive."
"I think it's grossly unfair."
"I think we need to ask some truly fundamental questions about why that didn't work."
"I want to make sure to get the job done on the ground in Louisiana and then very soon after that we can transition into figuring out exactly what went wrong."
"I don't have a doubt in the world that all of these questions are going to be asked in a very forceful, focused way."
"There was absolutely no execution."
"We need to fix problems at this point and not fix blame."
"I gave all of the organized government relief effort an 'F,' state and federal. I think it's turned a corner... Now today, we're going to have upwards of 40,000 boots on the ground in Louisiana."