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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It's very important to have incentives for our workers to return, and in order to do that, we have to have incentives for business to return,
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Their involvement alone would generate significant confidence among business leaders,
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We all know that our businesses and industries need far more than a shot of adrenaline to rebound and put our people back to work,
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This is a substantial package of initiatives that will help our families, our business and our state recover from Katrina and Rita,
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If you help us with these incentives, we believe we only have to step aside and let business
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This special session will move us toward bringing our families and our businesses home and bringing Louisiana back,
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I'm very encouraged by the messages I got,
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In Cameron, there's really hardly anything left. Everything is just obliterated.
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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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It's not going to be a pretty sight. My next big worry is contamination and disease.
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Everybody's scared, worried, desperate, and the living conditions there are horrible, so we're moving them out and trying to give them a little bit of ease,
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The biggest concern is that this whole situation is totally overwhelming. I know the desperation of all of the folks who had evacuated. I know they desperately want to get in. In most cases, it is totally impossible for them to get in. The streets are inundated with water. The devastation is vast. And there's really -- there's nothing they can do.
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These troops are battle-tested. They have M-16s and are locked and loaded.