On the recordMarch 3, 2010
But to recap, the amendment I am offering on behalf of myself and Senators Vitter, Cochran, and Wicker is an amendment that will help the recovery effort of the gulf coast, particularly as it relates to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. If we do not get this amendment on this bill or the next bill--I prefer it on this bill--we will literally shut down 7,000 units that are under construction today of low-income and moderate housing along the gulf coast, from Mobile to Waveland to Gulfport to New Orleans, all the way over to Cameron Parish, the entire gulf coast. Many people witnessed the terrible catastrophe that happened in our State just 4 1/2 years ago, and we will be marking the fifth anniversary of Katrina. The wounds seem a little bit fresh watching the scenes from Haiti and Chile. The situation in Haiti is much more disastrous in many ways than what happened in the gulf coast, but we most certainly went through our own horrors.
