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 will pray that Rita will not devastate Louisiana, but today we do not know the answer to that question,
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The announcement today from HUD and Homeland Security about rental assistance and housing vouchers may certainly address the needs of our friends in Alabama and Mississippi, ... But it does little for Louisiana citizens who want to come home, and we'd like our citizens to be able to come to Louisiana for this interim period.
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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.
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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.
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This is a unique situation, and that's why we're asking for a unique response,
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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.