Political Quotes

“I rise to speak for a few minutes while we are in a quorum call and trying to decide how we are going to proceed on this bill, to speak about a very important amendment that, hopefully, at some time as this debate moves forward, could be considered. It is an extremely important amendment, not just to the people of Louisiana but to the people of Mississippi and Alabama as well, three States that were very hard hit by a natural disaster 4\1/2\ years ago, when Katrina, one of the largest hurricanes ever recorded, slammed into actually the gulf coast, hit the State of Mississippi directly and then parts of Louisiana. Then, 3 weeks later, we were hit by another category 4 storm, Hurricane Rita. We are 4\1/2\ years into that disaster and catastrophe, and the gulf coast is still struggling to recover. People are very familiar with the scenes they are seeing in Haiti, and now, unfortunately, we are getting very familiar with the scenes we are seeing in Chile. So it was not that long ago that we were seeing similar scenes along the gulf coast, not as desperate a situation as Haiti. We are not clear about how the situation in Chile is playing out. But we can all remember the terrible videos and slides of destruction. Having represented that State now for all this time, let me tell you, our work is still going on. That is what brings me to the floor today. In the underlying bill, there are some big issues that have gotten a lot of coverage: unemployment, COBRA, et cetera.…”