Political Quotes

“Hurricane Katrina was a tremendous hit to us. When I say ``us,'' I mean the American people. We recognize this administration needs to have a review of what took place. Certainly they have to acknowledge that, but I think it is the wrong thing for the President to be investigating himself. That is basically what he said he was going to do yesterday. Baseball games do not work out very well when you have the man throwing the pitches calling the balls and strikes. I heard the House is going to start meeting today on actually passing legislative matters that are so important to being able to give relief to these people, but outside the $10.5 billion we did on an emergency basis last Thursday, we have not done anything here legislatively to help the people who are so devastated. It is time we get to work for the gulf coast families. What does it mean to have lost everything? That is what has happened to tens of thousands of people. They have lost everything. They are at the National Guard Armory sleeping on cots. There are hundreds of them coming from Nevada. The Senator from Arkansas, Blanche Lincoln, indicated yesterday there are about 60,000 evacuees who have come to Arkansas with no jobs, no money, no change of clothes--nothing. They are counting on us, and we in the Senate are not doing anything. We all care about these victims. This is not a question of who cares the most.…”