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
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've actually got utility crews in from Canada.
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've suffered a grievous blow that we won't recover from for a long while.
We've turned a corner. We're well into the cleanup phase now. We're focusing on the future for the state of Mississippi.
I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago.
I want to talk to the speaker and the lieutenant governor,
I'm for prosecuting them to the nth degree, ... This to me is like grave robbing, and we just can't tolerate it.
In the most obvious sense, if there's just one fund, that's simpler for everybody, ... But at the same time, when people are being incredibly generous and trying hard to help, my hat's off to them.
There was a part in there that people could have taken the impression that we in Mississippi need the federal government to come in and take over what we're doing, that we need some kind of czar to tell us how to run Mississippi. We don't need that, ... Larry King Live.
I don't have to tell any of you we've been struck a grievous blow,
The state today has suffered a grievous blow, and we're not through,
It looks like Hiroshima is what it looks like,
We're preparing for the worst and praying for the best,