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Press Briefing with Federal Coordinator for the Office of Gulf Coast Rebuilding Don Powell 08/22/06
— Tuesday, August 22, 2006 — Q Is there something that we could attribute the response in Mississippi vis- -vis the response in Louisiana? Is there some reason why Mississippi might have gotten moving faster, like Haley Barbour is there? MR. POWELL: I will just tell you both of them, Mississippi has received approval of their plan, their administrator is taking action to get it in the hands of the recipients. Louisiana's plan has been approved, and their administrator is in the process of getting it into the hands of recipients. There's going to be a lot of activity in both states in the fall. Q But Chairman, to follow up on that, in other words, it sounds like the money is going from the state of Mississippi to the homeowners, correct? It's already started to flow? CHAIRMAN POWELL: There's been some money dispersal. Q So why hasn't that happened in Louisiana? CHAIRMAN POWELL: I think it will happen in Louisiana within -- I talked to the administrator about 10 days ago. I think there will be some monies flowed to recipients momentarily. I think within the next week. It may be, for all my knowledge, I haven't checked in the last two or three days, that could have already happened. Q But why not yet? CHAIRMAN POWELL: I'm sorry? Q Why not so far? CHAIRMAN POWELL: Why not so far? I think their plan was approved later. They didn't get their plan into HUD until later after Mississippi. Thus, the plan was not approved until later. So it takes a little bit of time. White House Press Corps | Press Briefing | Rob Portman | News Media | Bush Administration | Don Powell | Hurricane Katrina
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