Mitch Landrieu: “We have hurricane levees in this bill. We also have housing vouchers. The risks have increased substantially in the…”

“We have hurricane levees in this bill. We also have housing vouchers. The risks have increased substantially in the region. After the storm, we lost 250,000 dwellings in Louisiana and thousands in Mississippi. We have a homeless population that has doubled. There are housing vouchers in the bill for the homeless, for the very low income, and for the disabled. After storms like these, that population is gravely threatened. I urge my colleagues, in supporting the war funding in Iraq, please let's remember the emergency still going on at home.”