01/30/2005
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and that great city will rise again."
"We have seen our fellow citizens left stunned and uprooted and witnessed the kind of desperation no citizen of this great and generous Nation should ever have to know."
"As of today, more than 500,000 evacuee families have received emergency help to pay for food, clothing, and other essentials."
"Victims of Katrina need to know they are not alone."