Federal Emergency Management Agency - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Federal Emergency Management Agency Index / Organizations Transcripts Janet Napolitano ...Also, as a governor, I had dealt with FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...as a governor, I had dealt with FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] and FEMA-related issues. We had had ... ...Emergency Management Agency] and FEMA -related issues. We had had a number o... ...forest fires in Arizona where we needed FEMA 's help. So I had that kind o... ...to ask you about is, you also oversaw FEMA as one of your many agencies, and ther... ...on Sandy. First of all, when I came in, FEMA was still in a [Hurricane] Katrin... ...things we did is, we got a very good FEMA administrator, Craig Fugate, who ha... Show more... Chris Lu ...advisor in John Brennan, the same FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...in John Brennan, the same FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] administrator in Craig Fugate, an... ...again, having Craig Fugate, who was our FEMA administrator. Craig had also been th... Jane Lute ...doing its job, or the Coast Guard, or FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]... ...its job, or the Coast Guard, or FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ], it's overwhelmingly operational. A... ...into the field, and we need to support FEMA in that regard. And even if we don'... ...the ground, who was the number two at FEMA at the time—was, we created a solution... ...panic, nor can I be paralyzed. And in FEMA , and Craig Fugate, and in Rich Serino... Ellen Hollander ...order to plan. We were part of—I think FEMA had a group that would meet to tal... Nicole Lurie ...you rebuild on a flood zone? You see FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...rebuild on a flood zone? You see FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] is littered with examples o... ...and rebuilding and rebuilding, and FEMA funds bailing people out, only t... Cody Keenan ...government makes a difference there. FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...makes a difference there. FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] under the Obama administration wa... ...remember even Republicans were praising FEMA and the Obama administration for ho... ...Katrina, but the person who was running FEMA , Michael Brown, was a lawyer fo... ...Human Services who's a Democrat. But at FEMA ? You just want the best person for th... ...isn't a Katrina; we're going to get FEMA out there to preposition things; we'r... Show more... Shaun Donovan ...that is really profound. After FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]... ...that is really profound. After FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ], HUD is really the second mos... ...such a profound, huge disaster, is that FEMA just wasn't well equipped to manage an... ...not on the immediate emergency, which FEMA was clearly equipped to do, but for th... ...in spending in the future. For example, FEMA has a program for mitigation that ha... ...immediate challenge, which was largely FEMA but involved a number of othe... Show more... Tom Vilsack ...that issue than it is on a hurricane. FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency... ...issue than it is on a hurricane. FEMA [ Federal Emergency Management Agency ] was resistant, because they didn'... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Science Science