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
Many will see the vote on shore-based gaming as the first defining vote of where Mississippi is headed, ... Will it be business as usual; the same old, same old? Or are we going to lift our horizons and take advantage of this opportunity to have something better?
Six thousand homes were destroyed in Camille, ... I suspect it's going to be higher.
Mississippi Rising is going to be a tremendous boost not just in providing desperately needed funds for our recovery effort, but also in bringing national attention to our efforts as we transition from emergency relief to rebuilding Mississippi stronger, bigger and better.
Obviously, we regret the base closure commission's decision about Pascagoula, but it's no surprise. As we said when Pascagoula was first put on the list, all the naval vessels at Pascagoula either have been or are scheduled for decommissioning, and it's hard for the defense department to keep a naval base that doesn't have any ships.
I hate to say it, but my term as governor lasts for 2 1/2 more years, and for 2 1/2 more years I'm going to be standing in front of you saying: Be patient, ... Life as usual in Mississippi is not something we're going to recover for a long time?. That's just a fact.
If I said something like that, I would be pilloried. There is a line somewhere. Are the newspapers of the world just going to shrug it off when he says something like that?
We want to get people back to work,
While it took a long time, the Legislature has passed the essential parts of the special session agenda, ... We will put those into effect immediately.
Those people on the coast ... I'm begging you to evacuate,
we don't need them coming in and running things.
We will fail if we don't allow the casinos to come on shore.
We got hit by the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
To that end I am proposing an agenda that can be summed up by three words: Momentum, UpGrade and Streamline. We must continue our Momentum in job creation and economic growth, UpGrade education in this tough budget period and Streamline that budget back into structural balance.
It's no secret that Mississippi's image around the country and around the world is not as good as it ought to be, ... One of the things that helps our image is any time visitors come and see Mississippi and meet Mississippians. This casino industry brings millions of people here. Those people like what they see. They like the people that they meet.