Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a presidential photo opportunity and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and white, rich and poor, young and old - deserve far better from their national government,
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It's not a focus but a foundation, ... We've gotten criticism from people who don't understand how critical the situation is in south Louisiana and don't understand how important south Louisiana is to the rest of the nation.Mary Landrieu
Let's hope that the hurricane does not hit at a Category 4 strength and let's hope the lessons we've learned - the painful, tragic lessons that have been learned in the last few weeks - will best prepare us for what could happen with Rita.
Mary Landrieu
Thousands are dead and only God knows how many, ... I've seen more in the last two weeks than I've seen in my entire lifetime, and I hope to never witness it again.
Mary Landrieu
Mr. President, time is of the essence. People are dying by the hour. There are not enough morgues. Please act.
Mary Landrieu
Offers of medicine, communications equipment and the desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the agency.
Mary Landrieu
worth saving, but they are worth every penny of a complete rebuilding effort.
Mary Landrieu
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