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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I have charged these two distinguished leaders to harness the energy of the entire board and put forth strong, aggressive initiatives, ... The Louisiana Recovery Authority will help me bring the entire state together in the effort to rebuild Louisiana. It will be a unified voice with the single focus on rebuilding. It will show the nation that we can work across all of the old boundaries that once kept us apart.
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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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expressed his confidence that our federal partners are working hard to quickly recover all bodies.
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We are one people, united in our resolve to rebuild, restore and recover from this tragedy. At this time of great uncertainty and despair, our people must know that all our leaders are united and dedicated to this important 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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I must ask that everyone please stay where you are, because you will hamper the recovery effort.
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By comparison to New York's economic recovery challenges, Louisiana's situation is vaster, more complex and will be more protracted,
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We will weather this storm as we have weathered Katrina.
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These storms knocked us down, but they didn't knock us out, ... And with your help and support, we will come back stronger and more prosperous than before.
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The shelters will end up probably without electricity or with minimum electricity from generators in the end. There may be intense flooding that will be not in our control which would be ultimately the most dangerous situation that many of our people could face.
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The situation is untenable, ... At first light, the devastation is greater than our worst fear. It's just totally overwhelming ... heartbreaking.
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The situation deteriorated on Monday and on Wednesday, it became untenable,
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The simple fact is that we needed something as simple and basic as buses delivered in a timely fashion from FEMA in order to save lives. They didn't do that,
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The silver lining of Katrina's storm clouds is the historic opportunity that we have now to start anew,