"Would you outline for me... the significant differences in design or licensing requirements between the United States and other countries?"
"I think it is very important for that exercise to continue because the people that this office is attempting to serve are very interested in how this office is functioning."
"If we are given the authority and the financial resources, yes, we are the agency that can do it, can do it well, and can do it quickly."
"that the lawyers required those homeowners to pay in full their small business loan back, which to me defeats the whole purpose of the grant."
"What I am trying to communicate here is nothing about this is normal, and we need to have some flexibility or some modifications so that when these disasters happen, you take your normal government pr..."
"It is so disturbing to find out that not only are we not in tip-top shape, we could potentially be the worst FEMA-run office."
"A plan to put people in travel trailers and mobile homes in Times Square or in Long Island will not work."
"Do you understand the dilemma that some families are in that were homeowners--not homeless people, but homeowners."
"I think you raise a very important point which programs do not seem to really recognize that many of those families..."
"Most people, if given the chance, can really begin to move themselves firmly into the middle class."
"Do you have any estimate of what those resources might be at this point?"