John Breaux Quotations

I think the first order of business after the vote on the articles of impeachment is censure.

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds.Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.

I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.

Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream.

The commonality in this was people who were poor,

You have a unique opportunity here for the first time to rebuild an American city, ... That means not just the buildings have to be rebuilt, but you have to address the problems of race and poverty and culture ... .