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. |
That is a huge benefit for businesses trying to get started again. |
The most horrific scenes I've ever seen. I couldn't imagine that we would have seen it exactly as we did. It looked as if a bomb had exploded along the coast of Mississippi. And then when we got to my home state of Louisiana and my home district, covered with water, just 80 percent of the city, just a massive devastation. ... I think [George W. Bush] had to agree with us that it was a totally unacceptable response. I know it was an overwhelming storm, but that, of course, meant that the tragedy was enormous and the need to respond was greater than ever before. Yet we waited days to get a response. It was very unorganized, and people suffered as a consequence of it. ... FEMA couldn't decide how to coordinate with the states and couldn't decide how to accept help. And it was just a massive set of inefficiencies. |
The most important thing he said tonight was addressing poverty in the region, ... We have to do our best to attack it. |
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, |
the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area. |
The spirit comes from football. If they won't come back for anything else, (the alumni) show up for football games. |
These monies are used for food, diapers, medicines, and other essential items. For FEMA to cut off these funds now is unacceptable, |
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. |
This is a blue-collar jobs bill, |
This year we were $50 million short of what we thought we needed for hurricane protection, |
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, |