William Jefferson
William Jefferson
african against control deeply express forum injustice people
People have to have a forum to express themselves. They feel very deeply that there has been an injustice against the African American community. ... There was no way to control it.
hurricane million needed short year
This year we were $50 million short of what we thought we needed for hurricane protection,
anyone campaign conversation green judge money receive resulted
To my knowledge, nothing resulted from the conversation -- the campaign did not receive any money from Judge Green or anyone who may have been prompted by him to contribute,
anybody happiness happy perfectly regret
I didn't want to have anybody with me, ... I was perfectly happy just by myself but they thought it was too risky. I regret that there was any need to have anybody there.
left orleans people poor
If these people hadn't been poor and black, they wouldn't have been left in New Orleans in the first place.
last louisiana ought
Louisiana is last on the things that we ought to be first on, and first on the things we ought to be last on. We can do better than this,
folks glad life start
I tell folks all the time, I'm glad I was able to start out my life like that, but I'm also glad it's over,
damage early hope powerful worried
I was worried early on in the process. My hope is that it isn't powerful enough to do the damage it could do if it were open-ended.
condition curious everybody family sure
I was intending to go to my neighborhood for sure if I could get there. I didn't know what the condition was, ... I was curious to know and everybody in my family was curious to know: What was the condition of our house? Was it underwater? Was it looted?
billion number talk
I think it is unrealistic to appropriate $10 billion, $30 billion at a time, ... It's important to talk about the big number up front.
cut essential fema funds
These monies are used for food, diapers, medicines, and other essential items. For FEMA to cut off these funds now is unacceptable,
football spirit
The spirit comes from football. If they won't come back for anything else, (the alumni) show up for football games.
including orleans
the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area.
evidence problem weight
He said that the problem was in planning, not in execution, ... The weight of the evidence is that it was both.