John Breaux Quotes

You have a unique opportunity here for the first time to rebuild an American city... That means not just the buildings have to be rebuilt, but you have to address the problems of race and poverty and culture ... . - John Breaux

You can't have a law that says you have to have all votes in at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and then another law that allows you to have a hand recount that obviously is going to take more than just 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. They're in conflict, so a court I think has to resolve that conflict. - John Breaux

Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together. - John Breaux

Where do you get the money to pay for it? - John Breaux

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together. - John Breaux

When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense,' - John Breaux

We've seen this many, many, many times... I mean, it's getting to be a punishment for this whole country and for those of us who have to sit there as well. - John Breaux

We've been hollering about funding for years, but everyone would say: There goes Louisiana again, asking for more money. We've had some powerful people in powerful places, but we never got what we needed. - John Breaux

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

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