Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
witnessed
We have witnessed the most extraordinary devastation. The magnitude of the situation is unbelievable. It's just heartbreaking.
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There are no fuel supplies, ... You can't buy gasoline at will to get in and out. You may end up stranded on the highway.
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This program will have a dramatic effect on lowering the cost of capital for companies of all sizes that invest or reinvest in the affected area,
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people are going to have to draw on their inner strength like we've never, ever had to do before. It's going to be, in some neighborhoods, total rebuilding.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights. Head north. You cannot go east, you cannot go west. If you know the local roads that go north, take those.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights and we must move,
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kick us when we're down, to destroy hope when hope is all we have.
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knocked us down but they did not knock us out.
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Katrina and Rita brought our people and our economy to its knees.
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Katrina and Rita altered the fabric of our society,
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We must give careful consideration to bold ideas while pressing forward with proven strategies,
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had the effect of taking away from our first mission: search and rescue.
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he has recognized that Katrina was no ordinary hurricane.
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Our local governments are recovering, but many are on the verge of financial collapse. I'm asking the federal government to help pay the regular-time salaries of these essential public employees during this emergency period,