276 Quotes by Michael Chertoff

Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.

I'm not going to judge others, ... I did not have a problem dealing with state and local officials.

We have made a lot of progress in the first year of Community Shield.

So it's not meant to substitute for the trailers, but it's meant to recognize the fact that as we speak not everybody can or necessarily wants to get into trailers,

including a permanent deputy director to augment the resources available to assist with FEMA's vital mission.

The department intends to build an integrated border security system.

I knew I became more involved in operational matters than I would normally expect to be or want to be, given the fact that I had a battlefield commander on the ground, ... I am not a hurricane expert. I've got to rely on people to execute the details of the plan.

shocked people out of a bit of complacency.

The fact of the matter is we have learned some lessons, we've listened to some of the critics, and where there is merit to some of those observations, we've incorporated changes to take account of those criticisms.