The devastation down there is just enormous, |
The fact is the storm overwhelmed all of the system, ... Now, we're little by little trying to get back. We've turned some corners, but we've got a lot of corners left to turn. |
the federal government has been good partners to us. |
The federal government is not prioritizing; they're throwing everything they've got at it, ... They've even deployed the Navy, the first time in our nation's history it's been used for a natural disaster. They are pushing everything in here possible from thousands of National Guard troops to temporary living quarters to the best scientists and epidemiologists. This will be the biggest relief effort, the largest humanitarian effort in the history of the world. |
The most critical thing is what the private sector does, ... Our people need jobs. |
The National Policy Forum, like all 501c organizations, is allowed to take contributions from foreign companies and individuals, ... Political parties don't do that, think tanks and others can, and many of them do. |
The politics are just something we'll have to worry about another day, |
the president’s major donors from the fossil fuel industry. |
The speaker showed tremendous leadership and statesmanship, |
The state has suffered a grievous blow on the coast, |
The state today has suffered a grievous blow, and we're not through, |
The truth is, a terrible tragedy like this brings out the best in most people, brings out the worst in some people. We're trying to deal with looters as ruthlessly as we can get our hands on them. |
the ultimate decision-making would be at the local level. |
There are structures after structures that survived Camille with minor damage that are not there any more. |
There is incredible evidence that the casualties are more than 50, maybe 80, ... and it seems likely that that's not the end of it. It may be higher, maybe substantially. |