It really is hard to imagine what the people of Louisiana are going through without seeing it for yourself.
I'm calling on Congress, respectfully requesting Congress to support a supplemental appropriation of $2 billion for Comm...
I'm also asking Congress to clear the $724 million backlog of Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funding.
I also believe that it is critically important to address the social service needs of Louisiana families...
I appreciate the fact that Chairman Chaffetz was here. And I also want to thank Congressman Richmond and Congressman Gra...
We have to get a supplemental done. Without a supplemental, the government will never have the ability to set up a progr...
We need to do the Comite River diversion program. We need to erase the backlog of $724 million in emergency dollars thro...
But let's be clear. I don't want you to pull the Governor and his staff into this thing. This is not their decision. Thi...
I think it's ridiculous. This is why people get so frustrated and why there are T-shirts that use an alternative acronym...
There is this unbelievable perception out there that the cost of inaction is free.
It is absolutely unacceptable to think that we're going to find a way to charity ourselves out of this thing.
To put the truly historic nature of this flood into perspective, south Louisiana received more rain in 48 hours than the...
Louisiana's housing need is projected to exceed $1.2 billion alone, with an outlook of $3 billion in economic loss.
And, most essentially, we need that $2 billion Community Development Block Grant program so that we can try to go in and...
But then we've got to make sure that our response from Washington is targeted on responding to this storm in the most ef...
The Stafford Act is insufficient.
If you can save money--if you can save money, provide a more stable, preferable environment for the law enforcement comm...
We've got to work to get it right.
