06/08/2010
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"So, are we going to have a more horizontal effort within the State Department instead of silos?"
"If we cannot get New York and New Jersey workers and businesses back to the pre-storm pace in terms of economic recovery, I think we are going to see our economic recovery slow down instead of moving ..."
"That amount would not even cover the recovery estimates that we currently have, much less get to any of the necessary mitigation investments that have been requested under the President's budget."
"What are the consequences of not having the resources under which you would make those decisions?"