Quote

And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene.

John Breaux

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Breaux
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: March 1
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
Crowley
Louisiana
John Berlinger Breaux
States
Happen
Washington
Government
Education
Effective
Play
State
Areas
Right
Help
Role
Important
Helping
Scene
Trying
Happens
Health
Think
Two
Roles
Louisiana
Thinking
Care
Issues
Federal

More quotes by John Breaux

Image
I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream.
John Breaux
Image
Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds.Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.
John Breaux
Image
I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.
John Breaux
Image
I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.
John Breaux
Image
Congress should not be like the Super Bowl where you have to have one team that's going to win and another team that's going to be a loser.
John Breaux
Image
There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.
John Breaux
Image
Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.
John Breaux