Denise Bottcher Quotations

We want to make sure that there is accountability.

We're seeing what absolutely needs to be in the call as an urgent matter and what can perhaps wait until January.

She would lose control when she had been in control from the very beginning.

No one got confirmation that she was napping. There was no time for napping.

I don't believe it's appropriate given the urgent nature and need to drop water and food.

It is my understanding that the soldiers will have the choice of either going home and working or going into the eight affected areas for the remainder of their mission.

Reinforces the notion that she's not in charge and LA (Louisiana) needs to be federalized.

You knew that the bill was coming. You knew that the disaster was large. Nothing could prepare you for that.

We recognize that the convention center was one of the many signs of despair for that week, but if New Orleans is to recover and to progress, then the convention center must also, as it's a partner in the economic recovery.

We wanted soldiers, helicopters, food and water. They wanted to negotiate an organizational chart.

There's no way to give any sort of estimate on what that cost would be. FEMA is responsible for reimbursement.

A lot of the lessons were learned before (Hurricane) Rita.

It very well could be innocent. It very well could be a whole bunch of nothing. It's important that the record is always set straight.

I don't think there was ever a meeting about message. It wasn't a partnership.

You can see the requests that were made, day after day, hour after hour.

The first step is finding out who our homeowners are.

The mandatory evacuation order was never reversed - quite the contrary.