02/28/2007
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"There's a billion dollars have gone out to help homeowners with repairs and rebuilding."
"May God bless them, and may God continue to bless our country."
"The American people have written a check—written checks for $114 billion to help the people on the coast."
"Gulf Coast Reconstruction is what we call ground zero— this is where the worst of the worst of the storm hit."