Steve Scalise: “The spill is in his backyard, and he arrived armed with a powerful…”

On the recordJune 17, 2010

The spill is in his backyard, and he arrived armed with a powerful picture: a brown pelican.

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Scalise uses a poignant image to emphasize the local impact of the oil spill during congressional hearings.

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Steve Scalise: “The spill is in his backyard, and he arrived armed with a powerful picture: a brown pelican.”