The department is cooperating fully with the ongoing investigation into the allegations against Brian Doyle. We take these allegations very seriously.

There was a real sense of urgency.

Part of this new office will be to undertake the necessary steps to address any outstanding issues relating to the reimbursement of past hurricane relief efforts. These groups were essential and will continue to play...

We’ll apply these lessons learned from Katrina and these other various reviews to the way forward as we get ready for June.

We don’t mind naming the countries that are not cooperating, and we’re starting with the biggest offender. This is a part of an overall effort to restore integrity to our immigration system.

We believe we’ve got the right mix of personnel in law enforcement for the federal government to meet the demands of public safety.

One of the top priorities of the department going forward is to retool FEMA to ensure that it is a 21st century agency with 21st century capabilities,

There is no known nexus to terror or criminal behavior. We believe this to be environmental.

We’re in the process of participating in a large after-action report. We’re deeply committed to finding out what worked and didn’t work, and apply those lessons learned going forward.

We have significantly improved preparedness capabilities for natural disasters and for acts of terror since 9/11. We are an all-hazards department, and FEMA does benefit significantly from being a part of the department.

no indication of a nexus to terrorism.

there is no confusion, no chaos, there’s just immediate action and results.

It’s time to stop playing around with the organizational charts and to start focusing on government, at all levels, that are preparing for this storm season.

It’s certainly not the case that the senior positions are rewards for political loyalty. There is experience in their background relevant for doing their jobs, whether in policy or management.

These programs and others would have placed a significantly greater amount of scrutiny on the 9/11 hijackers, vastly improving the odds of stopping them before they could have completed their attacks.

I don’t believe there was a disconnect, … You never get perfect intelligence, and in these situations there will always have to be a judgment call. We support his decision and respect his judgment.

It is not helpful for anyone, no matter how well intended they might be, to produce road maps that lead aliens into the desolate and dangerous areas along the border, and potentially invite criminal activity,...

We actively participated in the lessons-learned review and we continue to participate in the Senate’s review and are working with them on their recommendation.

Take this survey a year from now, and you’d see a vastly different result.

there is no indication of any nexus to terror.

The American public will be hearing from us, in short order, about how we intend to build the capability of FEMA into a 21st century agency, focusing on the agency’s core response and recovery mission.

It is time to stop playing around with organizational charts and start focusing on how governments at all levels are preparing for the fast-approaching storm season.

Out of an abundance of caution, there are a variety of reasons why the U.S. government would not want to disclose certain security measures and not make them available in the public domain for terrorists...

It’s an extraordinarily frustrating situation. We’re bringing in supplies with every faculty and resources at our disposal.

It didn’t happen at the same time at all the different places.

There are no plans to raise the threat level at this time. These are rumors.

Rather than operating five different programs, each with separate guidelines, we’re introducing a streamlined program, the TIP, which allows the department to allocate port security funding based upon the greatest risks.

The intelligence community has been able to determine that there are very serious doubts about the credibility of this specific threat. This is after ongoing review and analysis.

about who’s in charge.

There are certain evacuees who have been rescued from their nightmarish scenarios, and they have been taken to certain airports where they are waiting for airlifts and people are able to receive them. We are...

It’s really time to stop playing with the organizational chart and realize it’s time to start focusing on what governments at all levels are doing to prepare for the fast-approaching storm season.

We were racing against the clock and now it’s clear the clock beat us.

We are reviewing his status to ensure that he is complying with the terms of his immigration benefits. This administration takes very seriously benefits fraud, and violators have been punished before.

We’re talking about an ultra-catastrophe, where the need is such that the military’s training and assets would meet an immediate need in support of Homeland Security coordination of the federal government’s responsibility and recovery efforts,

A this time there are no plans to adjust the terror alert level.

Background checks are a very important part of the clearance process.

there is an extraordinarily high number of reporting requirements.

hands-on experience [that] cannot be understated. Other leadership at FEMA brings particular skill sets — policy management leadership, for example.

We have to build a robust permanent staffing capability for the agency so that we’re not in the type of situation where with every storm you’re replacing them. Volunteers have a critical role to play,...

It’s time to stop playing with (organizational) charts. We’re intensely focused on the coming storm season.

At this point of time, we continue to move forward.

No one is satisfied with the response early on.

It is testament to the generosity of the American people – a lot of people wanted to contribute, … But there is not really any way of knowing at this time if or whether individual...

One major concern with regions is that it would create an extra level of bureaucracy and establish a kind of silo effect and various little fiefdoms responsible for a variety of cross cutting activities.

There was a tremendous sense of urgency, … We were mobilizing the greatest response to a disaster in the nation’s history.

It’s no longer a situation where border security means just Border Patrol agents.

It will let the experts on planning and preparation focus on that and the experts on search and rescue focus on that,

We are taking a look at a broad range of issues that have come up as a result of the hurricane. Obviously, logistics support systems present some concerns and that is an area that we...

We really don’t have much time to be rearranging the ‘org’ chart.

As we secure and shut down vulnerabilities, we know that terrorists will seek new ways to carry out their agenda. Rather than looking backward at yesterday’s threats, we are building upon what we have already...