David Vitter
David Vitter
David Bruce Vitteris the senior United States Senator from Louisiana and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing the suburban Louisiana's 1st congressional district. He served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives before entering the U.S. House...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 May 1961
CountryUnited States of America
katrina victims
We'll only victimize the victims of Katrina all over again.
ambitious connecting explore route southern
I'd very much like to explore that, ... I know it's a big idea and it's very ambitious and costly, but I think we need to explore that, particularly a southern route going through Ascension and Livingston and connecting I-12 to I-10.
hopeful turning
I am hopeful we are turning the corner.
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I have four children, and they are my four greatest reasons to make sure we meet our goal of securing a strong future for Louisiana.
love material written
I'd love to see more written material that predates the nomination,
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Richard is a senior member of the House's Transportation Committee, ... I was on a relevant Senate committee. We were both named to the joint legislative committee which developed the final version of the bill. If not for Richard's leadership, a lot of this wouldn't have gotten done.
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On the positive side, I'm very impressed so far with Vice Admiral Allen,
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I was really uplifted here. There are heroes to this story and they are the local leaders and private citizens who banded together in the individual communities that were devastated to just get the job done in the initial days, with no help in those initial days coming in from outside, they got it done and they are the real heroes.
basically suggested trying
She suggested basically that a lot more was being read into that than what she was trying to express,
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One of the appropriation bills, the Transportation Treasury HUD Appropriation Bill, had money put into the bill at the committee level, ... When it comes out of committee once we return to session after Labor Day, we'll be passing it off the floor of the Senate. I'm confident that money will be there, plus maybe a little more if possible in the final conference committee version.
guess start
My guess is that it will start at 10,000, but that is only a guess,
federal strongly
I feel very strongly that we need a strong federal leader,
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The person would have no authority the government doesn't already have. It would be someone who could cut through the red tape.
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What's important to real people in the real world in the real devastated area is that we get real help to them today, not give a speech, not filibuster,