296 ordspråk av Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
We have to try to break through the red tape, and I guess that's what frustrates people. They need help now,
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We have two kinds of employment: one with decent pay and benefits - and another of part-time pay with full-time hours, at a wage that can't nearly support a healthy family. We have two kinds of healthcare: one where people have access and insurance - and another where basic care and life-saving treatments, come at a price beyond reach.
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We have witnessed the most extraordinary devastation. The magnitude of the situation is unbelievable. It's just heartbreaking.
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We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees. We heard a report, unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee. I think we have not breached the levee at this time.
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We know many lives have been lost, ... Those numbers will be forthcoming as the process clarifies, but these are very difficult times for Louisiana.
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We know that many lives have been lost.
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We know that we're going to take the brunt of it. It does not bode well for southeastern Louisiana.
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We must give careful consideration to bold ideas while pressing forward with proven strategies,
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We need ground transportation to get the evacuees out. We need to get them to shelter, get them to food, get them to a safer environment,
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We need to pray, of course, very strongly, that the hurricane force would diminish,
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We pray that the loss of life is very limited, but we fear that is not the case.
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We respect the work you have done. You have been in our prayers. ... It grieves my soul to say that you're coming back to a Louisiana that is not whole. ... There is a lot of work to do, but we are up to the task.
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We saw block after block, neighborhood and neighborhood inundated, ... It's just heartbreaking.
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We still have great needs in our state, ... I do believe Congress will respond to the issue at hand.
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We were begging for more resources, and you know, eventually, we got enough resources. It just took more days than we wanted it to take.
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