Billy Tauzin
Billy Tauzin
Wilbert Joseph "Billy" Tauzin IIis an American lobbyist and politician. He was President and CEO of PhRMA, a pharmaceutical company lobby group. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 June 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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As members of Congress, we believe it is our obligation to forward specific and credible information in our possession that could suggest a federal crime has been committed,
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Do you think anybody ought to wait three years before telling people? I want my daughter to know about that right away. If it's a medicine for the sniffles.
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I got the sense that this bill has a real chance of passing the Senate,
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One of the motivations to not recall the tires, but to have Ford assume responsibility, was Firestone's concern that it would trigger action by DOT (the Department of Transportation) here in America,
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The fact that we had to subpoena his phone records tells you he's not cooperating.
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For a lot of people trying to decide whether to come back to New Orleans, the central question of whether the place is secure needs to get answered.
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The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.
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Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.
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I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong,
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Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to.
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I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion.
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I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.
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You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled off to areas where you deal with it rather than have it drown you.
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The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area.