I'm a pro-life, pro-gun Louisiana Democrat.

As bad as things are in south Louisiana right now, can you imagine how much worse they'd be without functioning local governments?

I'm a proud fighter for the little guy and the people of my state who are struggling to make ends meet. That's what Louisiana values are about.

I'm pro-life. I'm pro-gun. I'm pro-family. And I'm pro-business.

It has nothing to do with Republican or Democrat, who I am or what I am, ... It's just that I'm the guy that's been doing it these many years and they've never done it before.

I thank the president for his visit today, but it was more show than substance, ... Frankly, we needed action days ago.