This is not just a coast calamity. All the way up in the state, there's terrific damage,

The state has suffered a grievous blow on the coast,

This bill is about more than gaming, ... By signing this bill, the state is taking the necessary precautions to provide safety for the casinos and, in turn, is providing jobs for thousands of displaced Mississippi workers.

To me looting is about the equivalent of grave robbing, ... We're not going to stand for it.

We've had terrific damage,

I would say the damage here is much more [than the tsunami], the magnitude of the calamity here is much more,