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're talking about an entire major American metropolitan area that has been completely dislocated, completely evacuated, ... Last time that happened in American history was the Civil War.
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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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We need a Katrina reconstruction commission headed by a no-nonsense, nonpolitical, businessman manager so that we all have something lasting to show for this spending,
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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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It's not a question of if, ... It's a question of when.
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It's not a perfect bill but it's a good, solid bill worth passing,
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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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I'm very happy and focused right now on this job,
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I'm very excited to be at least some small part in the effort, ... This is a great, state-of-the-art facility that can be used for many events, especially the equestrian and 4-H activities. It also is a broader resource for education and economic development.
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I've heard many Washington talking heads say that heads must roll, ... I'm all for that and have my own personal list. But that alone isn't enough. We need to look at the big picture - not just what people failed but also what institutions and models failed and, just as importantly, what others worked against all odds.
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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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confident that we're going to get full consideration of these ideas coming out of the Louisiana delegation.
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This action today to fund brand new projects, most of which are unrelated to the hurricane, is going to have a lot of folks up here scratching their heads, ... It's not going to build confidence in what we're doing on the ground, and that confidence building is an absolutely necessary part of what we need to have success in Congress.
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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,