John Breaux
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"John Berlinger Breaux" is a former United States Senate/United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more Conservative Democrat/conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition. After his Congressional career, he became a lobbyist, co-founding the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group. The firm was later acquired by law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs.

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I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

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To suggest that these African-American leaders would somehow shortchange their own citizens is absolutely without merit.

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Airlines were interested in the bottom line. They want to hire the people to do the security who could do it as cheap as possible. And that's why they gave it to the low bidder, ... It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11th everything has dramatically changed.

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Amazing, ... It means we've got a long way to go before we can even talk about changing the system.

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I would put myself and all of those who have served in Congress in the same boat if you will, as to things that could have been done better.

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We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.

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Blaming each other does not save a life, does not feed a single family or compensate them in their loss.

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The commonality in this was people who were poor.

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In the passion of the moment of a national disaster of the magnitude that we have seen, this is not the time or the forum to be engaged in the blame game.

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