I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution. |
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. |
I know the people of this state have been through a lot. We ask for God's blessings on them and their families. |
I must ask that everyone please stay where you are, because you will hamper the recovery effort. |
I say to the president, thank you, thank you, thank you, ... I want to say thank you to the governor of Texas. I want to thank Houston — they are going to be receiving our people. |
I think this storm is bigger than anything we have dealt with before. This is not a minor problem. |
I want citizens who are in the coastal parishes to start making preparations to leave now, |
I want the world to know what we know: We are brave, we are resilient, and we will prevail. |
I would ask you to avoid the temptation to chip away at our promised funding and divert it to the other states. Congress has the ability to appropriate funding to them without undermining the president's promise to us. |
I'm angry and outraged by this situation. |
I'm asking all of you to do your very best to get as many people to safe ground as possible. It occurs to me that a lot of people went to bed last night thinking that hurricane was going to Florida, ... I got a report at 7 o'clock that there were about 700 people doing Little League ball in the New Orleans area. |
I'm asking our citizens to please understand the seriousness of our situation, ... ... It is too dangerous to come home. |
I'm just as pleased as I can be that we were able to expedite the process of getting a Louisiana firm on site, working as quickly as possible and actually, I think, a little head of schedule, |
I'm not going to stand here and play the blame game, ... We have a problem. Let's get to the problem. |
I'm very encouraged by the messages I got, |