The response time and all of the rest of it -- I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that people are black. It has to do with the fact that people are poor and desperate and left in a situation where they didn't have a way out, - William Jefferson Quotes
The response time and all of the rest of it -- I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that people are black. It has to do with the fact that people are poor and desperate and left in a situation where they didn't have a way out, William Jefferson
 

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I think it is unrealistic to appropriate $10 billion, $30 billion at a time, ... It's important to talk about the big number up front. - William Jefferson Quotes

I think it is unrealistic to appropriate $10 billion, $30 billion at a time, ... It's important to talk about the big number up front.

William Jefferson

 
He said that the problem was in planning, not in execution, ... The weight of the evidence is that it was both. - William Jefferson Quotes

He said that the problem was in planning, not in execution, ... The weight of the evidence is that it was both.

William Jefferson

 
I have said $225 billion, ... These are not unrealistic numbers. - William Jefferson Quotes

I have said $225 billion, ... These are not unrealistic numbers.

William Jefferson

 
To my knowledge, nothing resulted from the conversation -- the campaign did not receive any money from Judge Green or anyone who may have been prompted by him to contribute, - William Jefferson Quotes

To my knowledge, nothing resulted from the conversation -- the campaign did not receive any money from Judge Green or anyone who may have been prompted by him to contribute,

William Jefferson

 
the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area. - William Jefferson Quotes

the southeastern parishes including the New Orleans Metropolitan area.

William Jefferson

 
These monies are used for food, diapers, medicines, and other essential items. For FEMA to cut off these funds now is unacceptable, - William Jefferson Quotes

These monies are used for food, diapers, medicines, and other essential items. For FEMA to cut off these funds now is unacceptable,

William Jefferson

 
I've just announced at a press conference that we're probably going to lose all services over night: sewage, drainage, water, etc., ... I cannot issue a mandatory. I do not have the resources to enforce it. However, I've just made the strongest message possible, and we will have police vehicles and fire vehicles going throughout Jefferson Parish with broadcasting advising people to leave now. - William Jefferson Quotes

I've just announced at a press conference that we're probably going to lose all services over night: sewage, drainage, water, etc., ... I cannot issue a mandatory. I do not have the resources to enforce it. However, I've just made the strongest message possible, and we will have police vehicles and fire vehicles going throughout Jefferson Parish with broadcasting advising people to leave now.

William Jefferson

 
As Hurricane Wilma quickly approaches American soil, I fear that our federal response to emergencies is still lacking, ... could not gather that much has changed about where FEMA stands today as it stood at the time Katrina struck. - William Jefferson Quotes

As Hurricane Wilma quickly approaches American soil, I fear that our federal response to emergencies is still lacking, ... could not gather that much has changed about where FEMA stands today as it stood at the time Katrina struck.

William Jefferson

 
This year we were $50 million short of what we thought we needed for hurricane protection, - William Jefferson Quotes

This year we were $50 million short of what we thought we needed for hurricane protection,

William Jefferson

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If these people hadn't been poor and black, they wouldn't have been left in New Orleans in the first place. - William Jefferson Quotes

If these people hadn't been poor and black, they wouldn't have been left in New Orleans in the first place.

William Jefferson

 
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