William Jefferson
William Jefferson
condition curious everybody family sure
I was intending to go to my neighborhood for sure if I could get there. I didn't know what the condition was, ... I was curious to know and everybody in my family was curious to know: What was the condition of our house? Was it underwater? Was it looted?
folks glad life start
I tell folks all the time, I'm glad I was able to start out my life like that, but I'm also glad it's over,
billion number talk
I think it is unrealistic to appropriate $10 billion, $30 billion at a time, ... It's important to talk about the big number up front.
african against control deeply express forum injustice people
People have to have a forum to express themselves. They feel very deeply that there has been an injustice against the African American community. ... There was no way to control it.
hurricane million needed short year
This year we were $50 million short of what we thought we needed for hurricane protection,
left orleans people poor
If these people hadn't been poor and black, they wouldn't have been left in New Orleans in the first place.
anyone campaign conversation green judge money receive resulted
To my knowledge, nothing resulted from the conversation -- the campaign did not receive any money from Judge Green or anyone who may have been prompted by him to contribute,
last louisiana ought
Louisiana is last on the things that we ought to be first on, and first on the things we ought to be last on. We can do better than this,
cut essential fema funds
These monies are used for food, diapers, medicines, and other essential items. For FEMA to cut off these funds now is unacceptable,
football spirit
The spirit comes from football. If they won't come back for anything else, (the alumni) show up for football games.
including orleans
the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area.
desperate fact left people poor response rest situation time
The response time and all of the rest of it -- I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that people are black. It has to do with the fact that people are poor and desperate and left in a situation where they didn't have a way out,
bit funeral lost loved reach sorry treat
They treat me a little bit like someone at a funeral who just lost a loved one, ... They reach out and say how sorry they are. And that they want to help.
addressing attack best poverty tonight
The most important thing he said tonight was addressing poverty in the region, ... We have to do our best to attack it.