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
dream children believe
I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!
accidents although bad california crossing dangerous deaths except maybe railway rank related top
Unfortunately, we're at the top of a really bad list, ... That is railway crossing accidents and fatalities. Although we're not a populous state, we rank in the Top 3 in railway accidents and the Top 5 in deaths related to railway accidents. We have as many dangerous railway crossing as just about any state, except maybe for California and Illinois.
katrina victims
We'll only victimize the victims of Katrina all over again.
almost grew memories wonderful
Wendy and I grew up in New Orleans, and every place we know and have so many wonderful memories of, is almost all under water,
crazy street
I would like to know what street that is because that's a crazy street,
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My central question still remains .... Is there objective, written evidence from prior to her nomination that fully shows that she has a truly consistent and well-grounded conservative judicial philosophy?
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When something like an offshore drilling station is located within that boundary of a state, that's 100 percent of royalties that state receives, ... The way it's written up right now is just not fair to states like Louisiana.
cash early folks near paycheck
We need to be able to get them the cash they need to be able to live and survive, even in the near term, because many of these folks live paycheck to paycheck, ... The Early Show.
last medium needed
We haven't been disciplined enough over the last 10 years. We need to do that, and we needed to do that before Katrina. We still need to do that over the medium and long term,
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Our goal is to have a full and fair debate vote in September, ... If Judge Roberts is to be confirmed, we'd like to have him on the court by the time it goes back into session Oct. 3.
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To me, the single most important thing to me is that he has the right judicial philosophy, ... He will read the law as written by Congress and apply it to the facts of a case as written and not make it up as he goes along based on his views.
gotten rising situation water
The situation has gotten a lot better. The water is not rising right now in New Orleans.
best far organized parish
by far the best organized parish in the state.
focused happy
I'm very happy and focused right now on this job,