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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We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees. We heard a report, unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee. I think we have not breached the levee at this time.
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We respect the work you have done. You have been in our prayers. ... It grieves my soul to say that you're coming back to a Louisiana that is not whole. ... There is a lot of work to do, but we are up to the task.
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We'll be well. We can do it. I see signs of hope all around us. Lights are coming on, and things are happening all around.
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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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Every act of kindness, every life-saving act is an answer to a prayer, ... Better days are coming. There are lights coming back on in these parishes.
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This will connect the benefits to the families,
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We will do what it takes to bring law and order to our area. I'm just furious. It's intolerable.
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We saw block after block, neighborhood and neighborhood inundated, ... It's just heartbreaking.
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We also know that our revenue stream is probably going to have a $750 million to perhaps $1 billion deficit because the southeast region produced an extraordinary amount of our revenue stream and that is in hard state dollars,
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To recover from the trauma of this devastation we cannot simply re-create what those storms destroyed,
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The radio system that is currently operational in the greater New Orleans area was designed to support 800 users; there are currently 2,500 users. To address the radio communications requirements, we need additional frequencies,
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To anyone who suggests this great city should not be rebuilt, we will rebuild,
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We cannot simply re-create what those storms destroyed, ... We must make the new Louisiana, smarter, safer and stronger.
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We know that many lives have been lost.