Charlie Melancon

This time on forgotten crimes: Caught up with prostitution scandals in Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, a Louisiana politician has been let of the hook.

Representative Melancon wants to make sure you remember.

We need assistance in trying to look at a reauthorization or reforming so that there is a catastrophic event clause.

Your leadership in helping our State and its people recover has been unmatched.

Stafford was totally inadequate for the catastrophic event we experienced.

Thank you, Mr. Rahall. I thank the 216 people that stood by me to try and protect what is best and loved by the people of south Louisiana and the entire State. Yes, 80 percent of the people in Louisiana believe that they are directly or…

We know that current law encourages risky behavior. We've seen through the ongoing investigations into the Horizon disaster that BP chose to ignore safety concerns about the volatility of their well. As a result, hardworking men lost their…

Our culture is threatened. Our coastal economy is threatened. And everything that I know and love is at risk.

You can't continue to print money and continue to elevate the debt on this country. And particularly when you look at the debt of this country as we stand here today, in 8 years this deficit has grown to a size that is larger than all the…

I hope when this energy policy debate is over, and we have come to a consensus and passed a bill, that it's a good bill, and that we can say to you, I worked to secure your energy future, and I hope that it's going to be one that carries…

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart covered the subject matter of the resolution with a tremendous explanation of why we need to be attentive to National Hurricane Week. This June 1 begins the 2007 hurricane season here in the United…

I join with Mr. Boustany and rise in support of Senate bill 4093. I would like to thank the leadership of the Senate Agriculture Committee for sending this bill over to us. This bill is just an extension of the term limit waiver until…

I understand. This is something that I must put to a vote. We are in an emergency situation. We have been. This Congress' actions, where we are at the seventh month, makes it even more critical and more of the need. The Acting CHAIRMAN…

Yesterday, I listened as Members explained that the reason they were voting to impeach President Clinton was because he had committed perjury