02/28/2006
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"It would be penny wise and pound foolish to give LIPA $800 million without helping harden and modernize an electric grid that will stand up to the next storm."
"Congress should not allow itself to get tied up in knots engaging in a political debate over offsets."
"Decisions will be made about whether we rebuild smarter or stronger, and we can't go back and restart those plans 6 months from now."
"No one is more anxious to close out the Katrina-Rita storm than the people on the gulf coast."