Governor Bobby Jindal gives a speech at the Rally For Economic Survival in Lafayette, Louisiana. Over 11,000 people gathered at the Cajun Dome to protest what they say is an assault on Louisiana’s economy by President Barack Obama.
“The fact that the federal government can’t do its job shouldn’t cost thousands of Louisianans OUR jobs.”
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BATON ROUGE - State Representative Juan LaFonta, D-New Orleans, attempted to pass a resolution Tuesday in the Louisiana House of Representatives calling on the federal government to investigate Governor Bobby Jindal's response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The initial vote was unanimously in favor of the House Concurrent Resolution #144, but state representatives say they didn't realize what they were approving. The second vote was 60-32 in favor of reconsidering the resolution.
The resolution asked federal authorities to "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the governor of Louisiana's refusal to timely declare a state of emergency in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig."
"This is a Katrina-like disaster in the making and Governor Bobby Jindal has let us down," LaFonta said.
The Governor's Office responded by saying, "We're focused 100 percent on protecting our coasts and our way of life from this oil spill."
LaFonta told ABC26 News that "Governor Jindal waited until April 29" to declare a state of emergency, which was nine days after the April 20 explosion. "Now, he's sitting back and trying to deflect blame onto the federal government. The bottom line is this: Governor Jindal didn't do his job," LaFonta said. "I believe the EPA should investigate why Governor Jindal fiddled while our coastline was in immediate danger."
"I am unfazed by the House's maneuver today," LaFonta said. "Governor Jindal and his subordinates were slow to react to the oil spill and didn't declare a state of emergency for four long days after the disaster."
"I will continue to fight for Congress and the Obama administration to open an immediate investigation into Governor Jindal's slow reaction to this disaster," LaFonta said.
"Having lived through Katrina and studied the government's slow response in that instance, this is a Katrina-like disaster in the making. I have been told that we had warehouses of oil booms that lay idle while the oil began to spread around the damaged oil rig. I am laying this at the feet of Governor Bobby Jindal," LaFonta said.
"I have a news flash for Governor Jindal," LaFonta said. "We drill oil and harvest fish, shrimp and oysters in Louisiana and the two don't mix. Protecting these core industries requires diligence and vigilance. Governor Jindal has let us down and now the families and small businesses are going to have to pay the price."
"Because of Governor Jindal's slow response, we are now behind the curve. State and federal officials are battling to catch up but the damage may have been done in the early hours of the tragedy," LaFonta said. "I am calling on Governor Jindal to pull out all the stops to protect our precious coastline. We don't have a moment to spare."
