Kathleen Blanco: “These falsehoods show the appalling degree to which Mr. Brown is either out of touch with the truth or reality.”

You know, here in Louisiana, we feel like we are citizens of the United States who are nearly forgotten.

The buck stops here. And as your governor, I take full responsibility.

I knew on Saturday before the storm and it's in all the documentation that I presented to Congress that this category 5 was going to out match any of Louisiana's resources.

Looting and other lawlessness will not be tolerated. I have instructed all of our law enforcement personnel at the state and local level to strictly enforce Louisiana laws and to use necessary force.