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Cynthia McKinney Blasts Government For Creating “New Underclass of Katrina Homeless"
The House select committee examining the federal response to Hurricane Katrina recently released a 600-page report criticizing all levels of government for the disaster. Democrats had refused to be involved in the committee officially, but a few participated informally and released their own supplementary reports. We speak with Georgia Congressmember Cynthia McKinney, one of the participating Democrats.
The report titled “A Failure of Initiative” blames the government for “an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare.” The report assigned blame to all levels of government for the failed response to the storm. But Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff and President Bush’s staff drew the heaviest fire. The report says Chertoff should have moved two days before Katrina hit – when the National Weather Service issued dire warnings about the storm and that the Homeland Security Department should have done more to help the Gulf Coast. It states “the failure of complete evacuation resulted in hundreds of deaths and severe suffering for thousands.” The report goes on to say that “if 9/11 was a failure of imagination, then Katrina was a failure of initiative.”
The committee that prepared the report was comprised of eleven Republicans. Democrats refused to be involved officially because they feared a whitewash. However, two Democratic Louisiana Representatives – William Jefferson and Charlie Melancon- participated informally in the committee’s activities. Georgia Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney also participated. All three Democrats released their own supplementary reports and said that the official House Committee report did not go far enough especially in addressing the needs of thousands of hurricane victims who remain homeless. They also called for Michael Chertoff to resign.
* Rep. Cynthia McKinney, (D – Georgia)
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The committee that prepared the report was comprised of eleven Republicans. Democrats refused to be involved officially because they feared a whitewash. However, two Democratic Louisiana Representatives – William Jefferson and Charlie Melancon- participated informally in the committee’s activities. Georgia Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney also participated. All three Democrats released their own supplementary reports and said that the official House Committee report did not go far enough especially in addressing the needs of thousands of hurricane victims who remain homeless. They also called for Michael Chertoff to resign.
* Rep. Cynthia McKinney, (D – Georgia)
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/16/1525217
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Capitalism didn't bring us industrialization.
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you're right
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Get rid of capitalism,
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get a grip, Cynthia honey
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