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
We've actually got utility crews in from Canada.
We've turned a corner. We're well into the cleanup phase now. We're focusing on the future for the state of Mississippi.
In the next month or so, the federal government will act on a variety of issues and the state will have to take further action to do our share.
In the most obvious sense, if there's just one fund, that's simpler for everybody, ... But at the same time, when people are being incredibly generous and trying hard to help, my hat's off to them.
If we want world-class resorts that will be about much more than just gaming, ... if we want to build the Coast bigger and better than ever before, I believe we will fail if we don't allow the casinos to come on shore, even if only a few hundred feet.
We got hit by the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.
we don't need them coming in and running things.
We will fail if we don't allow the casinos to come on shore.
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.
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.
There is incredible evidence that the casualties are more than 50, maybe 80, ... and it seems likely that that's not the end of it. It may be higher, maybe substantially.
We have learned the hard way that making them float on water is not a good idea.
There's no recovery on Main Street, I can tell you that for sure. And in a re - in an economy like this, we don't need to be raising anybody's taxes.
The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.