James McIntyre Quotes (17 Quotes)

The bottom line is there are a lot of reasons why things didn't occur out there, and FEMA is a big name so we get a lot of the blame.

We are placing mobile homes in areas where we have been given the authority to do so by state and local officials, and we will continue to do that.

We bought a basic package without amenities - a room to live in, based on need, and food to eat, ... This is not about being bathed in luxury - it's to get people out of the Astrodome.

The governors and their local officials are looking at all these issues. They're working with all the evacuees in these communities to ensure they are incorporated into the community, they're given job assistance and the help they need, ... We have more than 300,000 displaced households, and they have to live somewhere.

We will work until we get every displaced citizen into some type of housing.

That loss will never be replaced.

In this province, if you walk into an antenatal (prenatal) clinic, about one woman in three is going to be HIV-infected,

largely due to the fact that we didn't get approval from local officials.

Critics say Carnival deserves to be treated no differently than a hotel housing relief workers under a FEMA contract. Carnival should be contributing to the relief effort just like all other taxpayers are, ... Why should they be singled out for special treatment, just because they've been so good at tax avoidance in the past

But this is still a very dangerous situation. We still may have more problems - more wind, more rain, tornadoes and some (additional) flooding. Even though the storm has passed, it's not over yet.

We as a federal government can't come in and just place anything anywhere. This is not a takeover. We have to work within the limitations by state and local officials.

The decision to declare a disaster rests solely with the president. The reasons he chooses are his and his alone.

The thing we're happy about is that there wasn't as much loss of life or property damage as there might have been, ... This is still a dangerous situation.

The next thing they'll say if his trigger finger is broken, his tongue is still working. It's really amusing.

Carnival shipboard employees will continue to staff the ships, but luxury will not be part of the package. Gambling and casinos, that's not part of the contract, ... We're just trying to get people into rooms.

Travel trailers were always meant to be interim housing until we can get more permanent solutions.

Cruise ships are just one available option for housing. Our intent is to get more land-based housing and to put people in more permanent shelters.