On the recordJanuary 30, 2006
The job is not getting done quick enough. We have so many residents that are still spread out all over the country.
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Ray Nagin
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transcripts.cnn.comRay Nagin: “The job is not getting done quick enough. We have so many residents that are still spread out all over the country.”
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Nagin highlighted the slow progress in aid and recovery efforts for New Orleans residents post-Katrina.
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Jan 10, 2007
What you're seeing is the residuals from a system prior to Katrina that was broken. Katrina is exposing everything in its rawest forms now.
Aug 28, 2007
Read my lips. We will rebuild New Orleans East and the Lower Ninth Ward.
Aug 31, 2008
No, I wouldn't advise that, because you know, we have downed power lines. We have trees. Our sewer system is not working. The hospitals still have skeletal crews. We still have a lot of work to do.
Jul 8, 2014
Don't tell me 40,000 people are coming here. They not here. It's too dog gone late. Get off your behind and let's do something and let's fix the biggest crisis in the history of this country.