Hurricane Katrina

November 2, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., made the following statement today after President Bush vetoed the Water Resources Development Act of 2007:

“The President’s decision to veto the Water Resources Development Act is the wrong one. This crucial legislation, seven years in the making, will help repair and upgrade America’s water infrastructure, help restore the Great Lakes and other ecosystems, and protect Michigan’s waterways from the pollution of combined sewer overflows.    » read more »

November 2, 2007 -- Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada made the following statement today after President Bush vetoed the Water Resources Development Act of 2007:

“I’m disappointed President Bush vetoed this important legislation that would help ensure Nevada’s water systems and flood control projects are appropriately funded. Although 81 Senators voted to strengthen our environment and economy and protect our natural resources through the Water Resources Development Act, President Bush has again said no to these critical priorities.    » read more »

November 2, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following statement on President Bush’s veto of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA):    » read more »

October 29, 2007, HARVEY, La. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds have allowed Jefferson Parish Public School officials to move into temporary facilities that will house the school's administrative functions.    » read more »

October 15, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today a reimbursement program that will provide relocation assistance to disaster victims displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The damage and destruction caused by the hurricanes resulted in many Gulf Coast residents temporarily relocating to various locations around the country. Currently there are Katrina/Rita households in all but one of the states, including 800 in Arkansas, 875 in Tennessee, 880 in Georgia, 225 in Colorado and 160 in California.    » read more »

Oct 15, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco traveled to Washington, DC today for an intense visit on Capitol Hill, urging Members of Congress to provide the $3-$4 billion needed to fully fund the Road Home program. Accompanied by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, city recovery director Ed Blakely, Louisiana Recovery Authority Chairman Dr. Norman C.    » read more »

September 17, 2007, NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Margaret's Daughters' nursing home in the lower Ninth Ward, forcing it to close its doors. The nursing home was determined to reopen, however, and with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the facility will open its doors on Sept. 17, 2007.    » read more »

September 11, 2007, NEW ORLEANS, La. -- The city of New Orleans' Municipal Traffic Courthouse received nearly five feet of flood water, damaging much of the facility's equipment. A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant will replace this equipment and restore the courthouse back to its condition before Hurricane Katrina.    » read more »

In place of fancy dinners or celebrity photo-ops, Edwards offers supporters the chance to help build One America

6-Sep-2007 -- A new study supported by NASA and the U.S. Office of Naval Research takes forecasters one step further to improving their ability to predict just how powerful an oncoming storm may become by using highly-sensitive sensors located thousands of miles from the storm to detect lightning outbreaks within a hurricane’s most dangerous area.    » read more »

Gulf Coast residents must not be forgotten, citizens must hold leaders accountable

August 29 , 2007 -- As survivors and evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita continue to try and piece their lives back together two years after the devastating storms, the NAACP calls on Congress and the American people to not forget and act on their plight.    » read more »

Aug 31, 2007 -- BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued the following statement today after learning of Colorado Rep. Ton Tancredo's (R-Littleton) call for a moratorium on Katrina spending. Citing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Tancredo characterized federal recovery aid as "runaway government spending."    » read more »

8/29/2007 -- Hillary Clinton made the following statement in recognition of the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:    » read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Presidential Candidate Chris Dodd released the following statement on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:

"On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we are reminded of the tens of thousands of people still affected by this catastrophe. Americans have lost their homes, their livelihoods, and for far too many, their lives, due to an egregious lapse in leadership by the Bush Administration.    » read more »

Aug 29, 2007 -- Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Senator John Edwards released the following statement on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.    » read more »