[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 87 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER

  (Mr. CAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAO. Mr. Speaker, the greatest environmental disaster in history 
is unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil spill has damaged the 
shoreline of the gulf coast and my home State of Louisiana.
  Each day I receive from the State this report listing the affected 
shoreline. I have visited many of the places, and to Louisianans and my 
family, it reads like a list of old friends.
  You can't really understand the impact of this disaster until you 
hear the names associated with the 103 miles of Louisiana shoreline 
that already have been affected.
  This includes the Chandeleur Island, Breton Island, South Pass, South 
West Pass, Whiskey Island, Trinity Island, East Island, Raccoon Island, 
Port Fourchon, Grand Isle, Elmer's Island, Brush Island, Pass a Loutre, 
Marsh Island, Timbalier Islands, Lake Raccourci, Pilot Bayou, Isle 
Grande Terre, Devil's Bay, Lake Felicity, Cheniere au Tigre, Pilot Bay, 
Timbalier Bay, Bay Ronquille, Casse Tete, Vermillion Bay, Bay Batiste, 
Bay Long, Lake Barre, Blind Bay, Calumet Island, Barataria Bay, Bastian 
Island Grande Ecaille, Wilkinson Bay Marsh.
  This disaster is bigger than anything we have ever seen before. I 
call upon my colleagues and the Nation to maintain our attention on 
swift response and recovery and to hold the responsible parties 
accountable.

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