Haley Barbour
Haley Barbour
Haley Reeves Barbouris an American Republican politician who served as the 63rd Governor of Mississippi, from 2004 to 2012. He was given a national spotlight in August 2005 when Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina. He served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1993 to 1997. Prior to holding elective office, Barbour was a lobbyist and co-founder of the Washington lobbying firm BGR Group. which he again joined after his service as governor. Barbour also co-chairs the Bipartisan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 October 1947
CountryUnited States of America
There will be more of those. As I've said to you before our goal is 10,000 by the end of the month, and we're working hard at that.
This is the worst natural disaster in the history of this country. Nobody's ever done this before. Every day we try to make a little progress. We are going to make mistakes along the way, realize things we should have done, things we shouldn't have done and things we should have done differently. We are out there in uncharted water.
This is a small solution, ... We are going to look at base camps and modular cities, if you will. But I just want to say to you we are not where we need to be on temporary housing.
This is not just a coast calamity. All the way up in the state, there's terrific damage,
After Camille in 1969, another opportunity was lost,
That's why they got chocolate and vanilla, Wolf,
that the federal government understands that it has a major commitment here. It's going to be required to support financially what we do, particularly in areas of public infrastructure.
This bill is about more than gaming, ... By signing this bill, the state is taking the necessary precautions to provide safety for the casinos and, in turn, is providing jobs for thousands of displaced Mississippi workers.
We've suffered a grievous blow that we won't recover from for a long while.
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.
We know we've had some loss of life. We really don't know how much. There are credible accounts of 50 to 80 in Harrison County. Those are not confirmed, but they're credible,
We haven't looked at it as, I'm going to be whiny, and I'll get more, or, I'm going to act like Tarzan, and I'll get more. We've been saying, what do you need to do to get the job done?
Those are the kinds of things that will be discussed,
I'm pleased that the Legislature saw fit to do that. I know it was a tough decision, but I think they made the right decision,