Louisiana's housing need is projected to exceed $1.2 billion alone, with an outlook of $3 billion in economic loss.

I join with Congressman Graves in requesting $125 million in funding for the Corps of Engineers...

I think the manufactured housing unit program has been too slow. It hasn't been responsive.

My frustration is that we just won't--we're assuming that people are trying to scam the system.

this is not about property, this is about lives.

the Stafford Act, which is just a colossal mess, is our Stafford Act.

it makes no sense to me that we would spend $60,000 to $80,000 to bring in a trailer.

the one thing we have to remember, in Katrina we lost 1,500 lives.

the FEMA we had during Katrina and Rita was a FEMA that just didn't work.

The relief that our citizens want and the relief that they need and the relief that they deserve is tied up in red tape.

Our Louisiana delegation should unanimously request from the President a supplemental.

It's upon government to at least help to replace the bricks and the mortar, the value that that home carries in terms of the wealth it leaves to the next generation.

I would like FEMA to just adopt a commonsense test.

So why is the average $8,000? Everyone lost clothing. Everyone lost bedroom sets and TVs and all of these other things.

Is there a prohibition that prevents money towards going to a permanent housing solution, not temporary, permanent?

Why is the average coming out somewhere around $8,000?

How do I get people $33,000 very fast?

The three problems or areas I see that are the most frustrating: One is speed, the speed in which things are getting done; two, people having decisionmaking authority being in the places they need to be; and, three, deference to our local…