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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(Last week) was tough. It was hard. Now we're here a week later and things are turning the corner. People are upbeat. We came here to listen, to learn, to talk to people and to analyze what went wrong. And so far we've learned a lot.
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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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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,
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Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves.
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We just have horrible conditions to deal with, ... For instance, every and route into the city except one is flooded and obviously we are using air assets, but it is tough. They are moving things into the city, diesel fuel, water, ice food etc as fast as they can.
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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.
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I'd love to see more written material that predates the nomination,
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I am hopeful we are turning the corner.
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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.
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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.
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She suggested basically that a lot more was being read into that than what she was trying to express,