Federal Emergency Management Agency - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Federal Emergency Management Agency Index / Organizations Transcripts Melanie Bahnke ...for climate change mitigation. There's FEMA , who steps in and responds afte... ...had flooding in one of our communities, FEMA steps in. But we've got at least on... ...Yeah. Like I said, we've got FEMA who kicks in after a disaster. Bu... Jeh Johnson ...up this town. Craig Fugate, who was the FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]... ...town. Craig Fugate, who was the FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ], and I were there together. The wa... ...I had the benefit of his leadership of FEMA . Craig was viewed as a national asset... ...touring these towns. Very often, the FEMA people would advise me to wait a coupl... ...getting the victims immediate relief, FEMA insurance, that kind of thing, gettin... ...who was the number two person at FEMA , was with me. Earlier in the day, ... Show more... Dan Pfeiffer ...security space, certainly around FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...security space, certainly around FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] and the Department of Homelan... Alan Bersin ...of virtually everything else. Even FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...virtually everything else. Even FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] had its eye on recovery an... ...every component within it, including FEMA , for so many years as a result of th... ...took place under President Obama of FEMA , the reconstruction of FEMA and th... ...Obama of FEMA, the reconstruction of FEMA and the revitalization of it. Then w... ...Horizon oil spill and the need for FEMA again to play a major role, but thi... Show more... Paulette Aniskoff ...and Community Preparedness Division at FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]... ...Preparedness Division at FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ]. She also worked on the 200... ...day.” And he said, “Well, great. Put FEMA on the list, and we'll see what we ca... ...doing that [laughs]. I'd like to go to FEMA and use my other skills. This feel... ...had initially wanted, which was over in FEMA ? So I basically said, at th... ...go into it. It's a senior job in FEMA . It's called Individual and Communit... ...fit for it, it worked out. So I went to FEMA . I had been obsessed with disaste... ...Fugate arrived in 2008, it was what FEMA was known for—which is incredibly sad... ...there. He was someone who really hated FEMA , and was the perfect person to kic... ...an Arabian horse farmer in charge of FEMA during President [George W.] Bush'... ...Community [Approach], which meant that FEMA and the federal government aren't ther... ...to be very honest, I would've stayed at FEMA for the entire time. I was fascinate... ...loved my work at FEMA [unclear] campaign. A couple peopl... ...a job to take a job. So I stayed at FEMA . And very close to the 2012 election... ...in part in New York. A group of us at FEMA asked for a bunch of politica... ...School massacre]—I was actually at FEMA during Sandy Hook. I remember the da... ...is a little closer, and, frankly, in FEMA , I really started to understand tha... Show more... Marielena Hincapié ...frankly, you've got things like FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...frankly, you've got things like FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] there, which, given the amount o... ...change in the world, we actually need FEMA to be almost at the helm and be muc... Don Verrilli ...effects of this. Dealing with FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...effects of this. Dealing with FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] on this issue. There were just s... Cecilia Muñoz ...care to the children was to bring in FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]... ...to the children was to bring in FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ]; though our legal team spent ... ...the president had the authority to use FEMA for this purpose. They concluded tha... ...order. I think by the end of the day, FEMA was in the conference room organizin... ...But that's exactly what happened. FEMA essentially ran a provisional shelte... ...these Border Patrol lockups? Once the FEMA piece was in place—and, literally, w... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the East Wing East Wing