We are going to be very prepared for Hurricane Wilma. |
We are in the process of doing everything within our power to get resources down to the state of Florida, ... everybody's patience and forbearance. |
We are not going to be able to have people sitting in houses in the city of New Orleans for weeks and months while we de-water and clean this city, |
We are pleased to have the American Red Cross, which has long been a leader in emergency preparedness and response, co-sponsor National Preparedness Month 2005, ... The commitment of the American Red Cross and the members of National Preparedness Month Coalition are integral as we work to encourage all Americans to prepare for emergencies. As leaders in their communities, these organizations will help spread life saving information and move the entire nation toward a greater state of preparedness. |
We are still in the emergency. People must take seriously the fact that we have enormous ongoing challenges which we have to address right now or we're going to continue to have serious problems, |
We are taking a giant step forward in implementing this risk-based strategy. |
We are very mindful of this. We haven't suspended the laws that govern the way in which people have to behave ethically and legally. |
We can't be in the position any longer where we are paying the burden and bearing the burden for countries that won't cooperate with us and take their own citizens back. |
We cannot afford to let our guard down, |
We cannot hermetically seal 7,000 miles of land borders and keep out 100 percent of illegal crossers, ... But we can create such a high likelihood of interdiction that it will have a strong and unequivocal deterrent effect on those who wish to cross illegally. |
We certainly have to fill out the ranks of FEMA in terms of its senior level with experienced staff. |
We continue to search 24/7. We search by day we search by night, |
We face an extraordinary threat to our national security and physical safety of the American people of a character that, at least in my lifetime, we have never faced before, |
we have an ongoing flood situation even as we're in the middle of recovering from the hurricane. |
We have decided to stand back and take a look at how do we address this problem (of border security) and solve it once and for all, The American public is rightly distressed about a situation in which they feel we do not have control of our borders. ... We need to have a comprehensive solution. |