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Frank Pallone: I know that when we heard about Michael Brown, the head of FEMA, and everybody knows how incompetent he was and what he…

On the recordOctober 6, 2005
I know that when we heard about Michael Brown, the head of FEMA, and everybody knows how incompetent he was and what he did in the aftermath of the hurricane, basically did nothing, made things even worse, I think people initially thought maybe he is an exception. But what we are finding every day is that this is what this Bush administration does. They are constantly appointing people who are not qualified to their positions.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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