Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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We are praying that the hurricane dissipates or that it weakens. This state can barely stand what happened to it.
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We will pray that Rita will not devastate Louisiana, but today we do not know the answer to that question,
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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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While we will hope and pray that Rita does not gain strength and threaten our coast, the prudent course of action is to prepare for the worst, ... every available resource is being put into action to deal with this potential threat to our coast.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights. Head north. You cannot go east, you cannot go west. If you know the local roads that go north, take those.
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Rita has Louisiana in her sights and we must move,
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It is a record for any state to see that kind of growth.
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is disappointed by the response, given the immediacy of the need. We're both disappointed. But you know, that's the past, and we have to move into the future.
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people are going to have to draw on their inner strength like we've never, ever had to do before. It's going to be, in some neighborhoods, total rebuilding.
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The announcement today from HUD and Homeland Security about rental assistance and housing vouchers may certainly address the needs of our friends in Alabama and Mississippi, ... But it does little for Louisiana citizens who want to come home, and we'd like our citizens to be able to come to Louisiana for this interim period.
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Our local governments are recovering, but many are on the verge of financial collapse. I'm asking the federal government to help pay the regular-time salaries of these essential public employees during this emergency period,
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Such falsehoods and misleading statements, made under oath before Congress, are shocking,
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States are not in a position to absorb additional costs of this magnitude,
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State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before,