We can use the Astrodome for a place for our folks to begin to normalize their lives, ... This will help us immensely.
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It's not just the people in the (Astrodome), there are people in hotel rooms, 12 at a time with families piled on top of families, and they won't have the financial means. I'm going to stay there two days and see if I can help them out. I know I can't help everybody, but I'm going to try my best because I love the fans there and in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
They are going to start issuing debit cards, 2,000 per adult, today at the Astrodome,
The Houston Astrodome was kind of a tough field.
In addition to food safety, the emphasis on hand hygiene and common practices to prevent spread has just been enormous. I was in the Astrodome, and there was just a long row of sinks that had been brought in to help people wash their hands, help the health care workers wash their hands. Also, the people staying there are being given those hand-cleaning products that contain gels and so forth.
We bought a basic package without amenities - a room to live in, based on need, and food to eat, ... This is not about being bathed in luxury - it's to get people out of the Astrodome.
She's actually in Houston at the Astrodome, handing out debit cards to people who are in need. It's very important to her to do that kind of stuff with her life. It's important to her happiness.
They weren't really getting that good of assistance in Baton Rouge, so I loaded them up in the car and said, 'Let's go to Houston,' ... Took them to the Astrodome, and we stood in lines. I really did walk the walk with a lot of the evacuees. I was just trying to do my part.
This is the height of fiscal irresponsibility, ... I can just see these poor, homeless people sitting in the Houston Astrodome saying, 'Thank God, I don't have to pay some death tax.'
Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. I'm so glad she's back and more compassionate than ever, ... That's right, of course people just sat around New Orleans, boring, uninspired, soulless New Orleans, and dreamed of someday relocating to the Astrodome. 'Oh, dear lord, if only I could leave my unhappy existence and head on up to wonderful Houston and live with my friends side by side in a spacious football stadium, my life would be so much richer and complete.'
I have real concern developing about lawlessness breaking out in Texas as a result of our generosity. We need to make certain we do not exceed our ability to provide necessities for those we are agreeing to take. What's the plan for those who see the Astrodome as their rightful home for the next 90 days What's the plan for handling increase in prisonjail population.
They used to call the Astrodome the eighth wonder of the world, but for my money, it's Mike Tice still having his job as head coach of the Vikings.
We have people who have been stripped of not only their worldly possessions, but their dignity, ... Those of us here govern at ground zero. Everyone couldn't make it into the Astrodome, we had to meet the people where they are.
Would you rather see Yo-Yo Ma in Carnegie Hall or in the Houston Astrodome I think people around the world think of Hayward Field as one of the more storied track and field venues in the world.
I just don't believe that some guy with a couple kids who just lost his casino job is going to rob me, ... These people are going to need more than just money. They're being herded around the Astrodome like cattle, with no communication to the outside world. They need to know that people want to help.
When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.