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
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We need all the federal help that we can get to rebuild the city of New Orleans and our coastal communities,
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I feel very strongly that we need a strong federal leader,
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Everyone gets it. This isn't simply a bad hurricane. This is an ongoing challenge and an ongoing situation which takes enormous response, including enormous federal response.
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Please know that I will continue to be a full partner in that effort, trying to get whatever federal Funding and assistance is possible,
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I'm really pleased that the President has named a single, focused federal coordinator for the hurricane recovery effort, ... to begin an important dialogue about just what leadership and focus is needed on the ground in Louisiana.
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The first thing we did was increase the amount we bring back to Louisiana, ... We have been and still are what's called a 'donor state.' For every $1 of federal gasoline tax that we spend, we get less than $1 back in federal highway funds. That's wrong, particularly because we are very needy and are considered a relatively poor state.
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The situation has gotten a lot better. The water is not rising right now in New Orleans.
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And we can't have that completely counteracted by a big, big tax increase by not making the current cuts permanent, ... This Week.
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Right now, we're transitioning from immediate issues of saving lives to long-term issues of rebuilding, including rebuilding the job base,
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confident that we're going to get full consideration of these ideas coming out of the Louisiana delegation.
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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,
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That would be absolutely horrible news for our Gulf states.
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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?