Officials urge Congress to revise disaster-aid law
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ARTHUR D. LAUCK
Mayor-President Kip Holden, left, confers with Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach during a hearing Monday in Baton Rouge of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The mayors testified on the need to change federal laws to help communities that harbor evacuees after a disaster.
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ARTHUR D. LAUCK
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., responds to the testimony of local officials during a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing Monday at the Old State Capitol.