Billions Quote by Ellen Tauscher

Thousands of people may have been killed by hurricane Katrina and many more could die in its aftermath because of the President's refusal to…

— Anonymous

We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer…

— Michael Chertoff

Katrina did much more damage than anything the terrorists could ever put together.

— Hamza Yusuf

Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New…

— Mitch Landrieu

American taxpayers have been generous to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

— John Kennedy

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico…

— Rick Renzi

When Katrina struck in 2005, roughly 300 deaths were recorded at hospitals, long-term care facilities and in nursing homes, according to a recently published…

— Sheri Fink

Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those…

— Ben Bernanke

In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.

— Jeff Goodell

Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars…

— Ross Gelbspan

There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed…

— Harry Connick, Jr

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the…

— Bobby Jindal