Janice Hahn Quotations

I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.

I was born into public service.

I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.

A lot of people dont understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.

Nobody in the city of Los Angeles knows how to catch an alligator, ... We have no experience in recreation and parks, the zoo or animal control.

I oppose U.S. military intervention in Iraq. I believe that we should not send troops or engage in air strikes-our nation's military involvement needs to be over. The United States has already spent billions of dollars in Iraq while our nation has endured a crumbling infrastructure, cuts to our social programs, a lack of investment in job training and creation, and sadly, a failure to take care of our veterans. Let's focus our resources at home. Over 4000 men and women have sacrificed their lives for Iraq. That is enough.

My family has been in politics a long time in Los Angeles. We very much believe we are elected to represent the people. I mean, I am to give voice to, you know, the over half a million people I represent in my congressional district. I mean, that's the way it works.

Certainly now, after Katrina, I don't think we want to be caught flat-footed,

If any of those animals had escaped, we could have had a different ending, ... By dumping Reggie in the lake, he put children at risk.

He said he just wanted to thank Los Angeles, ... He said, 'I want to pay them back for sheltering me and welcoming me.'

He's filled out paperwork to become a volunteer with the city of Los Angeles, ... I welcome T-Bone's experience and advice and participation in the process.

I think we'll have to take a hard look at the possibility that this gator is not going to be caught.

I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether it's in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.

I thought it wouldn't hurt to have somebody else's advice, ... The only agenda I have is catching Reggie and I thought this was an opportunity to give this evacuee something to do.

This whole world of gator wranglers is something we're not used to,

As long as it resides in my lake, I have to keep the lakeshore cordoned off,

Yusen has always been an environmental leader and a good neighbor to Harbor Area communities, ... This project will not only provide a tremendous benefit to dockworkers and residents of San Pedro and Wilmington, but will also serve as an example to other terminal operators of how they too can continue to reduce emissions from their daily operations.

This guy was from Louisiana, he'd been reading the stories about Reggie and he wanted to thank Los Angeles, ... The only agenda I have is catching Reggie and I thought this was an opportunity to give this evacuee something to do.

A lot of people don't understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.

They offered to take it back, but we haven't decided that's the right thing to do, ... After all, it's an L.A. gator.

This person put a lot of people at risk, ... It's illegal to harbor this kind of exotic animal in a residential neighborhood. It's frightening and it's scary.

They're going to temporarily put a halt to removing those trees so we can have an opportunity to look at it and see if we can save the trees and the hawks,

It will hurt our ability to provide the most basic services: police, firefighting, health care and good schools,

It's frightening. It's scary. These people put a lot of people at risk.

They were out there swapping alligator stories, giving all kinds of advice to each other,

I hope to be the go-to person on international trade and industry. I think no one before me or after me will ever have so much knowledge about America's ports.

Can you believe that? ... I don't know why people are so angry about it.

The Gatorland guys worked their hearts out, ... They worked free of charge and the conditions were rough. They've been away from home and they were tired, so I'll give them that. But they didn't catch the gator.