|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Oil Spill Hits Home for Rep. Melancon
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Candidate
|
| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason May 29, 2010 03:09am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | General |
| Author | Mary Lu Carnevale |
| News Date | Friday, May 28, 2010 08:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | For Rep. Charlie Melancon (D., La.), damage from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is personal. His district – Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district – stretches across Southeastern Louisiana, the coastal area hardest hit by the oil spill.
At a hearing Thursday, he choked up, unable to finish a statement on the spill’s effect on Louisiana’s extensive wetlands, and left in tears. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
