Hurricane Katrina Damage Claims must be filed by August 28, 2006.
Louisiana
governor asks Congress for rebuilding help
WASHINGTON – Louisiana
Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked Congress on Wednesday
for help in rebuilding her devastated state, saying
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita "knocked us down but
they did not knock us out."
Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee,
Blanco in her opening statement did not mention
former FEMA director Michael Brown, who on
Tuesday had blamed state and local officials
in Louisiana for not responding appropriately
to the storm.
"We are looking forward, not backward, " Blanco
said.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Alabama Gov. Bob
Riley also were testifying before the committee via
teleconference hookup from their state capitols.
The Senate panel is working on a long-term tax bill
to help revitalize the hurricane-devastated Gulf
Coast.
Blanco said 40 percent of Louisiana's businesses
were lost or damaged in the storm and said
the state's most pressing need is jobs.
"That's what we need," she said. "That's
exactly what we need in the face of this
suffering and hardship – jobs."
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