this is louisiana. you'll notice. here for this entire area here this green area we're testing for the hydrocarbons in the water and the dispersants literally at this point thousands of tests have been run. one trip sample not a single one has reached a level of heat of concern for human hail the fraud they hire laboratories who set artificially high minimum detection levels that say that background is five parts per billion of a chemical they set the sensitivity to twenty so when all the tests come back it says detect neither fact not in fact they needed that kind of fifteen. if they knew it. installed the actual the wall the gulf of mexico is the toilet of the oceans for the whole country safety requirements that are all political in florida you know on the east coast are not the political inside the gulf of mexico we're the most deregulated portions of the entire country when it comes to offshore drilling. they say we're more prepared. than ever why the you're prepared you're not ok they obviously weren't prepared

louisiana is in my blood it shaped who i am. a lot of people i grew up with became fishermen or musicians or oil workers. or shops. i became some of. my family has deep roots in the easy and. the do praise the daily bars in the show bands all immigrated from france and settled in this region over one hundred years ago. and when oil was discovered we leased our land to the oil companies. the oil companies supplied the jobs and the money. and we all went along for the ride. in the gulf of mexico fifteen. speed and accident hurt old piece by piece the rig known as the deepwater horizon was drilling in over a mile of water and over three miles. on april twentieth two thousand and ten approximately nine forty five pm. methane gas from the well ignited. eleven workers were never found. the deepwater horizon sank on the morning of april twenty second birthday. shortly thereafter the u.s. coast guard began to observe an oil slick spreading from where the rig once stood in the well as blasting full force individual and recorders or at le

the same corruption that effects the louisiana happens on a larger scale in washington. comes from texas oklahoma louisiana the political structure is the economic structure of those states or so the oil traders where the number was issues. one thing that is unique about louisiana's were tiny state politically we have single digits in terms of electoral votes but we have an incredible influence on on the national political scene the senate is the most now apportioned body in the world you have to sitters from each state you have two senators from louisiana and two senators from california the california if it was a nation would be the seventh largest nation in the world and louisiana is not close to that. the senate say only legislative assembly in the world that has a super majority to get things done they need sixty votes to get things done so it only takes a few senators to stop the initiative of the house of representatives. the senate has the power to veto any bill created in the house up to one hundred eleven energy related bills proposed in the last decade every b

this is louisiana. you'll notice. here for this entire area here this green area we're testing for the hydrocarbons in the water and the dispersants literally at this point thousands of tests have been run. one shrimp sample not a single one has reached a level of of concern for human hail the fraud they hire laboratories who set artificially high minimum detection levels that say that back around is five parts per billion of a chemical they set the sensitivity at twenty so when all the tests come back it says nine detect nine in fact not intact they need exact ten to fifteen. and then they knew it. was the gulf of mexico is the toilet of the. oceans for the whole country safety requirements that are all pluggable in florida you know on the east coast are not the political inside the gulf of mexico we're the most deregulated portions of the entire country when it comes to offshore drilling. they say we're more prepared. than ever why then you're prepared or not ok they obviously weren't prepared because they were prep

scalise of louisiana. at the end of the bill before the short title, insert the following -- section. the amounts otherwise provided by this act are revised by reducing the amount made available for department of energy, energy programs, department administration and increasing the amount made available for corps of engineers, civil, corps of engineers construction by $2 million. the chair: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for five minutes. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. this is a bipartisan amendment that re-establishes priorities here. it's similar to an amendment we passed overwhelmingly last year on the same piece of legislation. the energy propeses-water bill. what this amendment does is transfers $2 million out of the department of energy's administrative account and moves that money into the corps of engineers' construction budget. and the reason we're doing this is to move more projects forward, to get that backlog that the corps of engineers have and move forward and open up doors

it's the same corruption that effects the louisiana happens on a larger scale in washington. comes from texas. louisiana the political structure is the economic structure of those states or so the oil is where the number would be issues. one thing that is unique about louisiana's where tiny state politically we have single digits in terms of electoral votes but we have an incredible influence on on the national political scene the senate is the most now apportioned body in the world you have two senators from each state you have two senators from louisiana and two senators from california the california if it was a nation would be the seventh largest nation in the world and louisiana is not close to that. the senate say only legislative assembly in the world that has a super majority to get things done they need sixty votes to get things done so it only takes a few senators to stop the initiative of the house of representatives. the senate has the power to veto any bill created in the house up to one hundred eleven energy related bills proposed in the last decade every bill t

the elayn hunt correctional center in louisiana claims its boot camp is one of the best.the rigorous and challenging program can reduce their sentences by successfully completing the course. but you'll see it often comes at a heavy price. ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ all i do is double time ♪ >> the boot camp program at elayn hunt is called impact. >> in my honest opinion, this is the best form of rehabilitation offered by the department of corrections. >> for every 100 inmates who complete the program, the state of louisiana says it saves more than $1 million. to qualify for impact, participants must be nonviolent offenders and free of pending felony charges. >> what motivated me to be in impact was i was trying to make a change in my life. i'm at hunt for possession of marijuana, which is actually my second felony. i mean, people used to tell me on the street that i was addicted to marijuana and i would be like, no, i just use it because i don't want to feel this pain or that pain. when the truth of it was is at first it may have started out as that reason, b

louisiana has not turned a corner and focused on the senate race. i think this is going to be a very big race. one side of the equation she will take over the senate energy committee. influence inot of a state that has historically had a lot but as of late has not had as much. on the other hand, the senator has been the beneficiary of having either really weak opponents, or really good years for democrats. had a toughever opponent in the tough year. that will really test her. this is, i believe, the toughest had, and at has worst for republicans it will be a level playing field in louisiana. i sank this is going to be the toughest election she has had yet. thaninly it is tougher woody jenkins, susie beryl. not as bad a year for republicans as 2008 was, although 2008 and louisiana was not that -- you get the general idea. if i could know the outcome of three states, that would be one of the three i would want to do. i would go to kentucky may be next. it will be a good race. she will have to run, i think, a better campaigner than she has in the past

this is professor ed overton from louisiana state university like many of the science departments of state universities in the gulf coast after the deepwater horizon disaster his department quickly received a large grant from b.p. there's always going away it's such an incredible to believe the bacteria that are out there the billions and billions of these hydro and utilizing bacteria looking for somebody they're rapidly degrading the residual all it's out there orbit that seventy five percent is gone right now it's gets rapidly go and if we're going to talk about it over ten when you talk about how he was talking one way right when the oil disaster happens this is not louisiana sweet crude to very dark crude it's going to be harder to clean up and have other other ramifications and then all the sudden the department he works under for ls you gets a ten million dollar research grant from b p. now all of a sudden it turns into the nicest louisiana sweet crude ever now all the sudden the microbes are just going to eat it all up joining me as well as you environmental scientist as over

and i noticed in my home state of louisiana that voters in louisiana were always more forgiving when oil prices were up and the state economy was good, and that when the oil prices were down, the state's economy was down, they were less forgiving, and sometimes bought some of their politicians were not quite as funny when the state economy wasn't doing so well. so watch consumer confidence, conference board, university of michigan numbers, and they're roughly right now basically at or very close to a six-year high. does it stay that high or improve? again, public a little bit more forgiving given the tough times that we went through. on the other hand, if consumer confidence starts coming down, you know, it's pretty clear what you ought to -- what conclusion you ought to draw from that. the third thing is the affordable care act, and one of the things i'm watching, and we have this little political environment guide, is watching the keyser family foundation tracking -- it's almost monthly, where they ask questions on the affordable care act and favorable and unfavorable attitudes. an

scalise of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. and the amendment i bring forth deals specifically with reforms that many states have made. i'll talk specifically about reforms that have been made in great state of louisiana, especially as it relates to teacher evaluation and specifically what my amendment would do would be to remove the mandate that is in the legislation that requires states to adopt the federal rule on teacher evaluation. and the reason i say that is not just because louisiana has a highly successful evaluation program that's working very well for the people of louisiana but in general when you look at the successes that we've seen across the country as it relates to education reform, it's been state and local governments that have driven those great successes. that's becau

came to louisiana we're in bury teria which is forty miles from the gulf and about one hundred fifty miles from the wellhead the oil and dispersants have come into here yesterday the wind blew really hard these tables got this cloudy gritty glaze on look at that that's just what's on the table. or even start the interview. was b.p. about to repeat the same strategy that exxon did used with the valve these oil spill this pack of confidential documents were uncovered as part of the toxic tort lawsuits that followed with some of the workers who realized that their sicknesses lingered lingered lingered these documents are very incriminating and they show that thousands of workers actually did in fact get sick from exposure to a number of chemicals including to be toxic often axons chief medical advisor dr kind of cool it's a memo to x. on and at the very end here you see the intent we do not need a health hazard evaluation and should try and avoid it if possible. the health hazard evaluation is osha and nyasha coming in and saying sorry there's too many sick people here and you spiller a

and i noticed in my home state of louisiana that voters in louisiana were always more forgiving when oil prices were up and the state economy was good, and that when the oil prices were down, the state's economy was down, they were less forgiving, and sometimes bought some of their politicians were not quite as funny when the state economy wasn't doing so well. so watch consumer confidence, conference board, university of michigan numbers, and they're roughly right now basically at or very close to a six-year high. does it stay that high or improve? again, public a little bit more forgiving given the tough times that we went through. on the other hand, if consumer confidence starts coming down, you know, it's pretty clear what you ought to -- what conclusion you ought to draw from that. the third thing is the affordable care act, and one of the things i'm watching, and we have this little political environment guide, is watching the keyser family foundation tracking -- it's almost monthly, where they ask questions on the affordable care act and favorable and unfavorable attitudes. an

executive director of the juvenile project of louisiana.ew orleans police department and la toya cantrell, counsel member in the city of new orleans. this is a hewell new orleans centric panel but i want to be clear the things we face in violence in this city resonate in chicago and all these other places. let me start with you, chief. we're actually in a place where things are better at the july 1 mark in new orleans than they have been for years. we're at 76 gun deaths as of july 1, 2013, which is down from 97 the year before and 105 in the two years previous to that. is this just a blip or have you done something that is actually making a difference? >> i think we're seeing a huge difference. momentum building in city of new orleans, inside the police department. nola for life part of the gun violence debate. we're down 20 to 30% every single year for the last five years for the first six months. the people of new orleans are standing up with its police department saying we're going to have enough. we're going to talk, identify, come to

. >>> off the louisiana coast there's battle ore the fate of old oil rigs.removed after they stop producing oil, but as chip reid reports, the structures have taken on a new life. >> reporter: 38 miles off the louisiana coast, this platform stopped producing oil more than a decade ago. john hoffman is the ceo of black elk energy. this is one of your rigs? >> yes. >> reporter: what is scheduled to happen to this rig? >> this rig is scheduled to come out of the water this year. >> reporter: hoffman wants it to stay where it is. to see why, we boarded a mini submarine to look beneath the surface. >> there's a target on sonar, 50 meters out. >> reporter: past the murky shapes of dolphins and sharks, we found an explosion of color and life. we're now a hundred feet down, and that is not a coral reef. that is that old unused oil rig. it's like being in a fish tank. the rig's coral-covered legs attract thousands of sea creatures. it's a magnet to fisherman and it's a scuba diver's garden of eden. this doctor is a biologist with the louisiana university's marine con

it's a new day for louisiana.e you got the tourists back to new orleans, i've been there a few times since katrina, doesn't look like they're back. >> and this year close, but by-- by the 300th birthday. and the turn around of our lifetime. stuart: mikes breathless booster of new orleans. >> appreciate it. stuart: did you see what president george bush, bush 41. did you see what he did for the child of one of his secret service agents, shaved his head in solidarity with the child who is fighting leukemia. my feel good take next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. >> big name stock, tech stock in the news, amazon under $300 a share. reports its profits are otherwise are late this afternoon. we keep asking, which city could be the next detroit? coming up new at 10, someone who says it's los angeles. the pension time bo

louisiana state senator, karen carter peterson, chair of the louisiana democratic party. and thea butler, studies professor at the university of pennsylvania, and of course, friend of nerdland, and alex wagner, host of now with alex wagner here on msnbc. thank you all for being here. alex, i want to start with you. what do we do with a coalition of women who we know showed up in part because president obama was at the top of that ticket. how do we get that coalition out in 2014 and in 2016? >> well, mitt romney was certainly an energizer. everybody looked at him and thought, that can't be the man that sits at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. i think what's happening, you're seeing the republican party at a real crisis and a crossroads, on both the national level and the state level. and i twa still the national level is what we pay attention to a lot in the media in terms of congress and the debates they have and the panels they have featuring all white males talking about women's issues. and that certainly in and of itself is enough to get people at least outraged. but what is

this is a louisiana case and the louisiana state penitentiary to my mistake. >> guest: another one of those cases, another one of those issues that are very, very top at the supreme court said what you do with an inmate, when he's on death row or not, but doesn't want to take his medication was and the court said, well, if you can show that it is medically necessary, you can for someone medicate him. but what doctors going to suggest is medically necessary so you can kill the guy? another one of the issues, i used to lie awake at night think thinking of, it's so troubling that because i cared which was the right way to go, but these are puzzles. in this case the question was, can use the victims impact statement which are deciding whether this person committed the crime, should the jury hear about the impact on loved ones left behind? there were three cases, i think the three most horrible cases in the book. initially the court said you can't because if you do, somehow, if someone, the relatives are articulate and speaking about what the law -- loss is, the perpetrator might get a dea

in louisiana, governor bobby jindal. in louisiana, let's not forget slick mitch daniels.n michigan, well, it was governor rick snyder. how about new jersey? governor chris christie has no problems berating teachers at town halls. he's also actively fought the teach teachers' union and made it harder for teachers to gain tenure. >> i mean, are you kidding? it's a rigged game. they are a political thuggery operation. that's what they are. >> if i push too hard on this, i'm going to be accused by conservatives of being angry. >> this fight has to be had. >> education has been one of the big pillars of the progressive movement in the democratic party for decades. but you see, that, too, is under attack by the conservatives. >> first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> the arrogance just drips off this guy. >> you're not compensating me for my education and you're not compensating me for my experience. >> well, you know what, then you don't have to do it. you know, the simple fact of t

. >> the owner of a natural gas drilling a great burning awful louisiana's coast say that preparations are underway for a possible drilling of a release well. the purpose would be to divert and gas from the site and bring the well under control. experts say that the efforts could take weeks to complete. scientists say that in the mishap will not be anywhere near as damaging as the b.p. oil spill that

let's explain to people the difference between a west texas and louisiana like.ential. louisiana is a little bit more expensive. >> to big things, what is the quality of the crude. we are a heavier crude. more distillates, i.e. we can make more desalt. we are located on the gulf coast where refineries are, so we have met on transportation costs to get to refineries. liz: you do business in louisiana and then in the gulf of mexico which would of course be offshore. let's talk about the situation right now with your company. i was looking. you have nine analysts who cover you, all rating a buy, but the stock is down year today 23% in year-over-year 16%. the highest short float right now, 8% of the flood is being shorted. what does everyone have wrong about this company? >> i think we live in the world today where everyone wants results immediately. we have missed on production the last two quarters. what they're missing is we're creating an awful lot of value, the horizontal drilling, and drilling wells for ten to $12 million in delivering a million barrels that to

i noticed in my home state of louisiana that voters in louisiana were always more forgiving when oil prices were up in the state economy was good. when the oil prices and state's economy were down. they were less forgiving and sometimes thought some of the poll tieses like edwin edwards weren't funny when the state economy wasn't doing so well. watch consumer confidence. university of michigan numbers, conference board, they are roughly right now basically at or very close to a six-year high. does it stay that high? or improve? in which case, again, public a little bit more forgiving given the tough times we went through. if consumer confidence starts coming down, you know, it's pretty clear what conclusion you ought to draw from that. the third thing is the affordable care act. one of the things i'm watching, we have a political environment guide. watching the kaiser family foundation tracking almost monthly, they ask a variety of questions on the affordable care act, favorable, unfavorable attitudes. these are off the top of my head something like 37% and 38% favorable and 23% unde

for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to

they was a pioneer and trail blazer for the state of louisiana. she served louisiana's second congressional district following the death of her husband, h lambings e boggs. she was the first woman to represent the state of louisiana in congress and founder of the congresswoman's caucus. mr. scalise: in tribute to her service as a pioneer for women, the congressional women's reading room is rightfully named in her honor down the hall. she was the first woman and only louisiana ambassador to the holy see in the tenure of pope john paul ii. lindy effortlessly balanced her role as a respected leader and loving mother. she loved her city of new orleans, in fact, lived on bourbon street for many of her later years in new orleans. she loved her beloved tulane university and in fact, just recently, she and her daughter cokie participated in a benefit for tulane university in new orleans. she's somebody who will be dearly missed and somebody who we are honored to have, to be able to call a former colleague of ours here in the house. with that, i yield back

paul sammarco is a biologist with the louisiana university's marine consortium.says there are hundreds of ard oil platforms that look like this but under federal law ikey're required to be removed in the next few years. ea when we put these platforms in we had no idea they were going to develop into these massive artificial reefs. they are more environmentally valuable in the water than they are scrap out of the water. >> reporter: ronnie anderson, a fourth generation shrimp fisherman, couldn't disagree more strongly. you'd like to see those old rigs gone. >> yeah, i would like to see it cleaned up. o> reporter: the gulf bottom, he says, is littered with old pieces of oil rigs that get caught in his nets. >> this cost me a night's work. >> reporter: it will only get : rse, anderson says, if dilapidated platforms are allowed to remain as reefs. she oil companies say it's all reout the environment. what do you say it's about? >> i say it's about saving money. if it's going to cost them more money to make a reef, they won't do it. they're only doing it because ree s

can we cut off the state of louisiana.no more stimulus sex to bobby jindal. >> i think he already cut it off. >> john: that's true, that's true. >> bobby jindal is doing that himself. yay. >> john: does it surprise you that louisiana that these guys can misuse taxpayer funds by doing something that is illegal? you can't arrest guys. >> and constitutional. >> john: there is nothing conservative about this. >> i think when you say come to my house for sex and you get there they're arrested, that is a problem on the constitutional level. >> this is louisiana. they still run on the napoleonic law. >> john: what will it take, everybody have a gay cousin? >> that's right, when they start roughing up the gays, look at me. i'm a freak. >> it's one of the poorest states. we aren't paying for their diabetes medication. they're not doing well. >> john: when you've got poverty-- >> yes, poverty. >> john: and social injustice charismatic. >> yes. >> john: i want to thank my panel. liz, everyone buy her book, and rick unger, and tina du

fleming of louisiana. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 312, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. fleming, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. fleming: i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fleming: my amendment is fairly simple. d.o.d. is permitted to appoint chaplains, individuals who administer to the spiritual needs of the armed services in accordance with the current d.o.d. policy. the chaplains must possess appropriate credentials, two years of religious leadership experience and most receive an an endorsement from a qualified religious organization. in june, the members of this body, democrats and republicans alike twice afffirmed that the military is not permitted to appoint atheist chaplains. he military is considering the possibility completely bypassing congress. since the formation of the chaplain, chaplains have been affiliated with the faith and spirituality. by definition, chaplains a

that's precisely what i'm hearing in louisiana. and in north louisiana. and again they go, why is it so complicated? fix the borders. secure the borders. and again, it's not just about the external border. remember, 40% of those here illegally do so because of their visa overstays. so we also have to have internal security too. and again this doesn't count all the other issues, the crime, the criminal acts of terrorists and other acts across the border. my constituents are 100% us on that -- behind us on that. mrs. bachmann: i yield to the gentleman from florida. is that what you're hearing too? >> i appreciate you yielding back to me. i'm hearing the same thing. close the borders, secure the border. and that's -- somebody said, what percent would you want it secured? mr. yoho: i said, well, if you're in an airplane and they only had 90% of the fuel to get from point a to point b, would you get on the plane? we want 100% security. secure is secure. and then you brought up the rule of law and i think this is really what we need to talk about. because we ar

of louisiana. in do we have to sacrifice clean water, air, climate change for more jobs? guest: a couple of things -- first of all, i do think we have to sacrifice anything. the air is healthy to breed. e.e water -- breath water is healthy to drink. this does not roll back progress. if there is a benefit from legislation that outweighs the cost, the legislation goes forward. economicallyboth in terms of jobs is so high, we say let's pull back from it, and let's review the science because we know from the national academy of science and others that sometimes the epa uses science that is invalid to support regulation that kills jobs. i will tell you we absolutely do not want to lose jobs because the epa is using funny science. that is not fair to the american worker, her family, her grandchildren. newoverall trade-off -- regulations kill jobs and can we balance those, that is what this bill is about good let's have transparency -- about. let's have transparency. host: we have about 15 minutes left wi

she's representing louisiana.alues, her own values, barack obama's values inspect our state, our state is suffering right now from barack obama's policies. there's obamacare where people 40 hours are being decreased to 40 hours a week. it's nonbusinesses that cannot comply with the cost of businesses epa or bach. -- obamacare. she can go on. she loves the regulations. i love the job. she loves barack obama. i love our louisiana family. >> host: we a poll earlier this morning on obamacare that the health care law that "national journal" put out showing while people don't think that the rollout is going well so far. they don't the president repealed. >> guest: so that, of course, is a national poll. we just saw "the washington post" poll saw the democrats support of it is collapsing. and so i will say we have -- [inaudible] one poll showing even among democrats support is not there. i think what the american people want they don't want it repealed. they want it replaced with something. replaced with something which

we know what works in louisiana may be different from what works in wisconsin.e don't need b.c. -- d.c. telling us what doctors, how we can get health care. he said he was going to provide choice in competition. that's not happening. he said if you like your doctor or health plan, you can keep it. that's not happening either. it's not doing anything to make health care more affordable. if he was serious, he would have allowed to us buy insurance across state lines. >> give the tax breaks to the families and individuals for heavens sakes. you and i visited in washington at the national review conference and there, among other places, you famously said the gop had become the stupid party. i don't disagree with that necessarily. all i want to ask you is this -- the republicans in the house are now faced with a large-scale immigration reform bill. what is your opinion? should they go through and try to actually pass an immigration reform bill? >> yes, they should. one, we've got to secure our border. we talked about let's just do it. i mean the border governors in c

fleming of louisiana. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee to carry out section 301 of the hoover power plant 16421a 984, 42 u.s.c. added by section 402 of the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fleming: thank you, madam chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment that would stop a loan program created by the infamous 2009 stimulus bill. as i and many others pointed out, when the bill was passed, the stimulus, which was billed as funding shovel-ready programs, actually became a vehicle to rake in higher levels of -- -- to bake in higher levs of spending in new government programs. as with other government loan programs we have all too often seen abuses and mismanagement and this program is no exception. the elimination of the western area power administration's green transmission por lowing au

louisiana guard yay, and this is what new york liberalism now is? >> what surprised a lot of people, not surprising that anthony weiner wants to stay in, but his wife, close aid to hillary clinton, gives her first press conference on tuesday after the new revelations. in the past with other candidates, when the wife stands by them, it seems to make a difference. seems less likely this time. >> absolutely. it's really a personal choice to decide that. but it made no difference whatsoever, because his behavior is just reprehensible. clearly, he has sort of an interest in keeping the late night talk show host folks going with it, but he needs to step down. he's sort of engaging in the same behavior as the -- as the mayor. which is that -- >> the mayor? >> i'm sorry. in san diego. >> as -- you should say, charged with sexual harassment, seven women have come forward. he's not going to resign, take two weeks off to get treatment. >> two weeks to -- but to fix the problem. >> i'm going to pick up on what george said about the war on women. first of all, m

chairman, i rise to support my colleague from louisiana's amendment. mr. richmond: not to belabor the point, just in the last 11 months, mitigation costs in the new orleans district for the corps of engineers in projects related to this have increased by about -- right at $11 million. it affects all types of projects, and i'll give you a few examples. one of which is am pipeline which we are responding to an increased need for natural gas transportation as louisiana refineries expand. one is a grocery store that provides fresh food, especially in our food deserts. another is an expansion of a 100 acre commercial park to create jobs and new office space. the last of which is the st. tamm manny parish drainage project which would help louisiana with its flood protection and protect our communities. this is a matter that is of vital importance. we are not diminishing the need for mitigation and understatementing its importance, but what we are trying to say it should be reasonable and the method we have before we move to the modified charleston method was a g

how did i do in louisiana? >> said perfectly. >> tell us about the healthcare law. one of the things that drove you from democrat to the right side. >> yes, the -- >> when i say right, i mean right of center, of course. >> absolutely. one of the state senators in the democratic party said that anyone who didn't like obamacare would only not like it because they would be a racist. that was just an atrocious thing. my mother, who is 104 in a couple of weeks, called me on the telephone and said, you can't be part of this. you have to get out of there. >> talk to us about that. are you surprised to she the unions who were so in favor of getting obamacare pushed through, helicopter president obama get the he gays legislation, now saying, hmm, not sure we want to be part of that. >> not surprised at all. they were asked to make a sacrifice they didn't really understand. when the found out how great the sacrifice is, they wanted to get out of it. and a lot of other people will do the same thing. >> you have written, i've heard it, you said the democratic party is ignoring

for six months, i studied it to retake the louisiana board -- the law board. six months later, i reject the test. my score catapulted up to a 401. [laughter] i figured, at that rate, i would be about 90 before i got into an english-speaking law school. so i started writing jokes for all comedians who played in the catskill section of new york. the hotels paid me $7 a joke. that was the going rate at the time the vso 21. they are 45. it was like writing for my parents' friends. but i tried my best. they would say to me, like, a sperm banks. sperm banks are in it the news. write me sperm bank jokes. 21, this is what was the foremost on my mind. they have this new thing now called sperm banks, which is just like an ordinary bank except here after making a deposit, you lose interest. [laughter] hey, $7, what do you want? [laughter] then i became the sperm bank guy. they would go, more sperm bank jokes. that i looked into the future. i said, i see a problem with spurring banks. they're starting to freeze sperm. that will be a problem because it is herded up telling

although 2008 and louisiana. but you get the general idea. in no, i think if i can know the outcome of just three states that would be one of the three the want to do along with alaska and arkansas. if i had to go to for our go to kentucky. but it will be good. she is going to have to run a better campaign and she has in the past because she has a tougher opponent. louisiana is a tough place for a federal candidate to win statewide. there really is. >> below. i am wondering why you write off the race with the recent governor's election. >> i didn't. i think i specifically mentioned it. i don't put it quite at the -- there are three democratic seats that are to have least leaning republican. and then there are three more, alaska, arkansas, louisiana that i think our top tier. and then go back a little bit and find north carolina. the speaker, i ran into him last week. you know, this is the first time to kind of run on the big stage. and sometimes state house speakers, senate presidents, sometimes they become really good statewide candidates an

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