Political Quotes

“this spirit of volunteerism, that was what impressed me most as I toured around these counties. And people who had trees to fall literally on top of their houses, well, I am thankful that it was not any worse than it was. That kind of buoyed my spirits because when you go in and see the people and look at the devastation, it just touches you, and you have a feeling of, what can I do to help? I am here because I want to let you know that those of us who represent you in Washington and those who represent you in the State of North Carolina and the Federal and the State and the local governments are all coming together to try to fix this problem. We went to Gates County, and over in Gates it is amazing. It was one of the hardest hit counties. They lost all of on their electric power. They lost their telephone power, and they even lost their radio power. The only way they could communicate for a while was by cell phone, and then they lost their cell phone power. It was amazing. The way they figured out to do it was they got some signs, and as people would ride by, they would have on the signs where they could go to get ice and water and food and help. I talked to the sheriff over there and he was telling me that he was so proud of not only his employees but every last person that came out and volunteered their time and said, What can I do to help?”