It's always someone else's fault. And, don't the Republicans control both the White House and Congress. So, Bush is basically condemning the GOPers on the Hill for failing to respond:
President Bush, on a Gulf Coast inspection tour that included his first visit to this city's storm-shattered Lower Ninth Ward, bluntly accused Congress on Wednesday of underfunding the repairs and called for speedy action to make good on federal commitments.So, we all know Bush really screwed up the initial response to Katrina. Now, according to Bush, the GOP leadership on the Hill are screwing up the long-term response.
The president said Congress has been slow to provide funding to rebuild housing destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and, while pledging to make New Orleans's levees "equal or better than they were before" the storm, attacked a congressional decision last year to redirect $1.5 billion from his request to repair the region's flood-protection system to projects in other storm-affected states.
