Joe Becker Quotes

"This is the largest response to a single natural disaster in the 125 years of the American Red Cross, and there's no doubt it will set many records in terms of the length and expanse of the operation. This will test our skills and our resources to the extreme, but the American Red Cross will be just as strong as the will of the American people, and we all know that's a will that won't fail."

"This is the largest response to a single natural disaster in the 125 years of the American Red Cross, and there's no doubt it will set many records in terms of the length and expanse of the operation."

"We are building an IT (information technology) infrastructure to be able to support 2 million families that have need of financial assistance and we will have that in place by July 1."

"There are amazing challenges and obstacles."

"We knew we ran the risk of putting assistance in the hands of potentially unscrupulous individuals not affected by the hurricanes. We concluded that it was a reasonable business risk and mitigated the risks as possible."