Evacuee Quotes

You can see the television coverage millions of Americans have seen over the past days, and you can read the stories, the heartbreaking stories and the stories of courage that we've all read in the last few days, ... We can even hear from some of the evacuees, which my wife Vicky and I have listened to up in Cape Cod, Mass., where we have 290 evacuees. But nothing - nothing, nothing, nothing - compares with seeing for ourselves the devastation that we have seen for the last few hours and we'll continue to see. - Edward Kennedy

Without the guarantee of total federal funding for Medicaid services for evacuees in Texas, Texas taxpayers will be forced to bear a financial burden that, in effect, punishes them for opening their hearts and homes to fellow Americans in need. - Rick Perry

When we were there, we pretty much ate, slept and drank with the same people. It was all about the evacuees. You're just immersed with them. - Shane Lea

When the federal government would actually save millions of dollars by forgoing the status quo and actually sending evacuees on a luxurious six-month cruise it is time to rethink how we are conducting oversight. A short-term temporary solution has turned into a long-term, grossly overpriced sweetheart deal for a cruise line. - Barack Obama

When the evacuees arrived here from New Orleans and other Katrina ravished areas, they had nothing. - Pam Davis

What we're doing here is human interaction on a heart level. All of the volunteers here have bonded with our guests. They are guests to us, not evacuees or refugees. They are family. - Barry Murchison

What we have been doing is turning around and donating them (donations) to the various donation sites set up around town for other hurricane evacuees. From what I understand, even more people are showing up here from that area. - Lee Alexander

What we don't know about are (evacuees) who have come into the state on their own or had some church or civic group bring them in. - Robert Stewart

What they said to me was that they were doing it in honor of the Katrina evacuees. The music has been designed to reflect the musical influences of New Orleans. I like what they did. I like very much what they did. - Aretha Franklin