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
Local people have to make the decision, ... The purpose of this commission is not to impose decisions on you. It's to illuminate the choices.
like there'd been a nuclear weapon set off.
There are structures after structures that survived Camille with minor damage that are not there any more.
We will rebuild bigger and better than ever. It's going to take some time, and people have to be patient.
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.'
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?
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.
I will say, sometimes I'm scared, too, ... But we are going to hitch up our britches. We're going to get this done.
What we want to avoid are gigantic trailer parks, for lack of a better word,
We do need the federal government's help. We need them to be a good partner, but we don't need a takeover,
I applaud the willingness of the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi to take on the task of educating students and parents about the dangers of obesity and how they can develop healthy eating habits, both at home and at school,
I don't want to stake out a position until I at least give the Gaming Commission the courtesy of hearing what their recommendations are,
There have been more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in the last 50 years. This is the first time something like this has ever happened [BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill], and we need to get to the bottom of it, find out what happened, make sure it doesn't happen again. But I think it is very reasonable to continue to drill.