Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbouris an American Republican politician who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012. He was given a national spotlight in August 2005 when Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. Prior to holding elective office, Barbour was a lobbyist and co-founder of the Washington lobbying firm BGR Group. which he again joined after his service as governor. Barbour also co-chairs the Bipartisan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
I worry that we had a little hurricane fatigue, ... People boarded up for Ivan, evacuated and nothing happened. Then they boarded up for Dennis, evacuated and nothing happened. I think until very, very late, a lot of people thought, 'Ah, I'm not going to do that again.'
like there'd been a nuclear weapon set off.
We do need the federal government's help. We need them to be a good partner, but we don't need a takeover,
We haven't looked at it as, I'm going to be whiny, and I'll get more, or, I'm going to act like Tarzan, and I'll get more. We've been saying, what do you need to do to get the job done?
Those are the kinds of things that will be discussed,
We know that there is a lot of the coast that we have not been able to get to, ... I hate to say it, but it looks like it is a very bad disaster in terms of human life.
We believe the damage in Mississippi the federal government should help pay for is less than $50 billion, ... It may even be in the 30s.
What we want to avoid are gigantic trailer parks, for lack of a better word,
I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago.
Fred may be right, and I may not have heard it, ... I do not recall his saying that.
I don't think you've seen anything like this, ... We're talking nuclear devastation.
I don't know ANYTHING about Louisiana... but we're doing great here!
I don't have to tell any of you we've been struck a grievous blow,
I don't know that the reports, per se, have changed much conduct.