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I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.

As proud as we are of this city and as extraordinary as it is, all of south Louisiana and all of the Gulf Coast is a very special place, and the federal government has underinvested in it year after year after year, whether it's education or health care.

When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.

I love Louisiana, and I love being from there.

I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans.

Living on the Gulf Coast, we often have to go through dangerous situations, whether you're a child, an adult or a senior citizen.

I love Louisiana. It's amazing.

My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.

Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful.

Unless engineers can stop southern Louisiana from sinking into the Gulf - the Mississippi Delta is the fastest-disappearing land on the planet - even post-Katrina's modernized levees will be overwhelmed.