William Jefferson
William Jefferson
I have said $225 billion, ... These are not unrealistic numbers.
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As Hurricane Wilma quickly approaches American soil, I fear that our federal response to emergencies is still lacking, ... could not gather that much has changed about where FEMA stands today as it stood at the time Katrina struck.
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It will allow Entergy to pick up money in the tax code that they couldn't get through direct appropriation.
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It's an indictment of our whole society, that at the bottom of the rungs all the time are poor African-Americans.
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It's a very unique opportunity to learn about Bibles in China and a lot of the history ... and what the churches are facing now in China. There's never been anything like it.
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That is a huge benefit for businesses trying to get started again.
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They treat me a little bit like someone at a funeral who just lost a loved one, ... They reach out and say how sorry they are. And that they want to help.
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The response time and all of the rest of it -- I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that people are black. It has to do with the fact that people are poor and desperate and left in a situation where they didn't have a way out,
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The most important thing he said tonight was addressing poverty in the region, ... We have to do our best to attack it.
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I've just announced at a press conference that we're probably going to lose all services over night: sewage, drainage, water, etc., ... I cannot issue a mandatory. I do not have the resources to enforce it. However, I've just made the strongest message possible, and we will have police vehicles and fire vehicles going throughout Jefferson Parish with broadcasting advising people to leave now.