234 Quotes by Kathleen Blanco

There were a half-dozen Scottish and English theater groups who were not invited but decided to go anyway, and camped around the edges of the festival, ... A reporter saw some of the shows and said in a review that there were interesting things happening on the fringes of the festival; hence the term 'Fringe.'

Our local governments are recovering, but many are on the verge of financial collapse. I'm asking the federal government to help pay the regular-time salaries of these essential public employees during this emergency period,

As we asked southeast Louisiana to evacuate in advance of Katrina, and probably one million people or more evacuated safely, we are asking the same southwest Louisiana,

Such falsehoods and misleading statements, made under oath before Congress, are shocking,

allow bureaucracy get in the way of saving lives.

States are not in a position to absorb additional costs of this magnitude,

Accept our thanks and hear our resolve: we will bring our people home as soon as we can. We need and we want our people back,

State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before,

It's (federal response) going to be more adequate as we go on, ... I do not feel partisan difference.