The likelihood that tens of thousands of Mississippians will lose their homes is extremely high, ... I would welcome anyone's help to make these people whole.

The disconnect was, people thought there was some federal expertise out there. There wasn't. Not from you.

The magnitude of it is mind-boggling. I'm guessing tens of thousands of homes are gone.

You can try to throw as much as you can on the backs of Louisianans, but I'm a witness as to what happened in Mississippi. You folks fell on your face.

I don't know if I asked Andy to go to Dr. Keen or not, ... (Keen) is someone Andy knew and respected.

But if I'm sitting here with five and five (home and away) and start panicking, then the landscape changes.

(Campbell) was really pulling his hair out. I appreciate his efforts.

I'm obviously pleased that Tim is staying. But if we would have taken the job, we certainly would have patted him on the back and wished him a lot of luck.

The federal response, from highways to housing to trailers, is completely unacceptable.

Things have changed quite a bit since then.