Senator Kerry on Bush's Failures to Help Gulf

We have to remember that two hurricanes hit the gulf in 2005: Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. It's obvious Bush has abandoned hundreds of thousands of Americans. Senator John Kerry had a few words to say:
Sunday, September 26 marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Rita's landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border. To mark the anniversary, Senator John F. Kerry offered the following remarks:

"This Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of yet another nightmarish day for Gulf Coast residents who had just begun to dig themselves out of the worst natural disaster in America's history. Too often overshadowed by the overwhelming devastation caused by Katrina, Hurricane Rita was anything but an afterthought for thousands whose homes and businesses were leveled by this storm."

"The neighborhoods destroyed by Hurricane Rita are every bit as much in need of assistance and support as are those affected by Katrina. We have a responsibility to get resources into the hands of the homeowners and business owners who are fighting to revive their local economies and repair their broken lives."

"So why has the Bush Administration been so slow to react? Of the $885 million in federal disaster loans that have been approved for Rita victims in Texas and Louisiana, just $235 million-less than 30 percent-has actually reached the victims. Meanwhile, towns are drying up, and people are losing hope."

"President Bush marked the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by telling New Orleans that 'a one year anniversary is just that'- that the recovery effort would take far longer than a year to get the city back on its feet. This is just another excuse from a President who failed to put policies in place that could have gotten the Gulf Coast back on its feet in 2006...."

Bush, the do-nothing president and proud of it. We need a Congress that will take charge in the absence of real leadership in the White House.