If we have 65,000 people looking for temporary housing and only 2,000 have those houses, then we need to double our efforts or triple our efforts to make sure the job gets done.
Nagin emphasized the need for increased efforts to provide housing for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Read my lips. This is a plan for getting people out of the city. There is no shelter of last resort.
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