Kerry, Landrieu Report Exposes Administration Failures on Katrina Recovery

[Mass]

http://www.senatedemocrats.net/node/566

For Immediate Release: March 8, 2005

Kerry, Landrieu Report Exposes Administration Failures on Katrina Recovery Efforts


WASHINGTON – Today Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Committee Member Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) released a report assessing the failures of the Bush Administration to adequately respond to the needs of homeowners and small businesses after the 2005 hurricanes damaged the Gulf Coast.

The report, entitled “Promises Made, Promises Broken: The Bush Administration’s Record on Rebuilding the Gulf Coast,” was released to coincide with President Bush’s tenth visit to the Gulf Coast, and exposes the Administration’s missteps and mismanagement that have undermined the recovery efforts.

“Photo ops will not rebuild the Gulf Coast,” said Senator Kerry. “We need to demand that promises are kept so that New Orleans can come back stronger than before and families can come home. Six months ago, President Bush pledged to ‘do what it takes.’ Today marks the tenth time President Bush is visiting the Gulf Coast to say help is on the way. The help is overdue. Nearly 120,000 Gulf CoastGulf Coast. Enough excuses. It’s overdue to give people the help they deserve.

“Today Senator Landrieu and I are releasing a report on the Bush Administration’s mismanagement, mistakes and obstruction of real solutions for rebuilding the Gulf Coast in hopes we can get on the right track and give people the help they deserve,” Kerry added.

The report describes the Administration’s efforts to block key recovery legislation, disregard for local request for bridge loan funds, mismanagement of the Small Business Administration’s disaster loan program money, minimal oversight of federal contract awards, and painfully slow loan processing.

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[kerrygoddess]

1. A PDF copy of the report is here

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=2174

[ProSense]

3. Very cool! Thanks.

PROMISES MADE,
PROMISES BROKEN:

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S RECORD
ON REBUILDING THE
GULF COAST
A REPORT RELEASED BY

SENATOR JOHN F. KERRY

RANKING MEMBER
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MARCH 8, 2006

[ProSense]

2. Speaking of photo ops, Bush is in NO

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2500825&mesg_id=2500825

[TayTay]

4. Oh, that great!

Bush is in NO and Sen. Kerry releases a report that is extremely critical of Bush's response to the needs of people affected by Katrina. Nice time, Senator! :rofl:

Seriously, this is good work. Thanks!

[ProSense]

5. More...

photo ops. Kerry did more than visit.

3 more senators coming to see destruction
McCain will visit Louisiana this week
Thursday, March 09, 2006
By Bruce Alpert
Washington bureau

WASHINGTON -- Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., will visit New Orleans on Friday to view the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Snip...

Sen. George Allen, R-Va., another potential White House candidate, is close to finalizing a date for his visit, Vitter said.

Possible presidential candidates who have so far toured the Gulf Coast include Democratic Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and John Kerry of Massachusetts and Republican Sens. Bill Frist of Tennessee and Sam Brownback of Kansas.

more...

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