John Breaux
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breauxwas a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the US House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition. After his Congressional career, he became a lobbyist, co-founding the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group. The firm was later acquired by law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs, now...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
None of us on the commission are running again.
I would put myself and all of those who have served in Congress in the same boat if you will, as to things that could have been done better,
Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.
It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States.
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.
Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.
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.
We do not have to have a trial. The Constitution says that the Senate shall be the sole trier of an impeachment resolution. It gives us the power to do it, but it doesn't demand that we have to,
We don't suggest that because San Francisco citizens live on top of an earthquake fault that they should be moved, ... The question of whether New Orleans should be rebuilt, one of the great cities of this country, is not really a question in my mind.
We've been hollering about funding for years, but everyone would say: There goes Louisiana again, asking for more money. We've had some powerful people in powerful places, but we never got what we needed.
The question will be, 'Do we need witnesses to provide additional information or do we, in essence, (already) have enough information.
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 ... .
We've seen this many, many, many times, ... I mean, it's getting to be a punishment for this whole country and for those of us who have to sit there as well.
When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense,'