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
finding mighty
Were finding a mighty lot of people, ... We think there are hundreds more.
relief seem
There doesn't seem to be any relief in sight,
confidence hearts minds putting seeing
We are seeing a show of force. It's putting confidence back in our hearts and in the minds of our people, ... We're going to make it through.
certainly enforce implement mayor ordered
The mayor certainly has ordered that, but the governor, and that would be me, will have to enforce it or implement it,
allowed billion certain dedicated far fema float local money short
FEMA has been appropriated some $60 billion, and as far as we know there's still about $40 billion that's not specifically dedicated to certain expenditures, ... FEMA could be allowed to use some of that money to float these local governments in the short term.
imperative katrina response
For these reasons, it is imperative that the investigation into the response to Katrina be comprehensive, probing and non-partisan.
falsehoods misleading oath
Such falsehoods and misleading statements, made under oath before Congress, are shocking,
escaped worst
I can't feel we escaped the worst, because we don't know what the worst is.
forces integrated watching work
I do want to tell you how much we appreciated watching all of the integrated forces at work as one,
comparison complex economic recovery situation
By comparison to New York's economic recovery challenges, Louisiana's situation is vaster, more complex and will be more protracted,
buses either lift measure necessary running walk whatever
They've been running buses in through the night. We're going to get them out, either by boat, lift them out by helicopter, or if we can walk them to the buses, we'll do it. Whatever is necessary, whatever measure is necessary is what we'll do.:
encouraged messages
I'm very encouraged by the messages I got,
creation job talk
I have come here to talk about job creation,
locked troops
These troops are battle-tested. They have M-16s and are locked and loaded.