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
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Let me be clear - I want all Louisiana citizens to have choice - including the elderly and persons with disabilities - and their families - who rely on the state for their care.
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My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand.
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I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.
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Think about it: Every educated person is not rich, but almost every education person has a job and a way out of poverty. So education is a fundamental solution to poverty.
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Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by poverty
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The Corps Of Engineers has attempted to fix the situation under emergency conditions, ... They're not the best conditions, and probably too little, too late.
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I'm not going to stand here and play the blame game, ... We have a problem. Let's get to the problem.
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In fact, there are hundreds of people who want to be in this process.
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I know the people of this state have been through a lot. We ask for God's blessings on them and their families.
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I know the pain Oliver is in, and I know the pain our citizens are in, ... We just have to keep on asking for patience and asking them to endure, even more than they have already endured. These people coming in have been in stress since Monday. It is Saturday. Our heart goes out to them.
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The dome's population is growing, and they don't have the facilities to accommodate the people in there,
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The effort to restore our state requires a daring, yet realistic plan. A plan based on input from people in all walks of life. A plan created from the ground up. A plan driven by local needs. A plan inspired by innovation, ... We cannot simply re-create what the storms destroyed. We must make the new Louisiana smarter, safer and stronger.
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The financial affairs of Louisiana will be transparent and wide open as it pertains to this period of recovery, more so than it ever has been before, ... We will stand well to the expected scrutiny by the public, the Congress and the media.
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The first light of day today revealed what we had feared, ... The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming.