Michael Brown, former FEMA director, blamed others for government failures especially LA Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin. He was giving testimony at House select committee. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle chastised him for his statements.
"I'm happy you left," said Rep. Shays, R-Conn. "That kind of look in the lights like a deer tells me you weren't capable." Rep. Taylor, D-Miss., told Brown: "People thought there was some federal expertise out there. There wasn't. Not from you."
"I've overseen over 150 presidentially declared disasters. I know what I'm doing, and I think I do a pretty darn good job of it," Brown said. "We put ... in our budget request and it was removed by the Department of Homeland Security," he said.
