9 Jack Evans Quotes

But other than that, the airlines are doing this on a volunteer basis. The crews on board are all volunteers.

[FEMA directed all of the flights to Lackland Air Force Base outside of San Antonio, Evans said. He said that 11 U.S. airlines and Air Canada had offered to help but that constraints at the air fields severely limited the number of flights.] It's a very fluid situation out there, and we're hoping to ramp up quickly, ... But New Orleans is not running like a normal metropolitan airport right now.

[D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) said M.R. Beal initially got District business because it was minority-owned but has since performed as well as any of its bigger Wall Street competitors.] They are part of our minority contractors program, ... But they have also done a very good job for us in terms of getting us excellent rates on our bonds.

[Evans, you may recall, also declared himself a candidate for mayor earlier this year. But this time it's for real, he said.] I've talked to all my colleagues, to the mayor, to my supporters. I'm definitely going to do it, ... Not tomorrow. But I'll get around to it.