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Rodney Alexander registers to lobby for hurricane-devastated parish

Posted by LegiStorm on May 15, 2015

A former Louisiana congressman has registered to lobby on behalf of a home-state parish on FEMA and flooding issues.

Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.) resigned his seat in 2013 and became secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, a position he left in 2014. The former congressman, who has also served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as an elected member of the Jackson Parish Police Jury, joined the Picard Group in February.

Alexander has registered to lobby on behalf of the Cameron Parish Police Jury, which acts as the governing body of the parish. Cameron Parish, located west of New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico, was devastated by Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike three years later.

In his first filing, Alexander registered to advocate on FEMA direct administrative cost for the potential de-obligation of Rita funds, adjustment and reauthorization of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act and other flooding and coastal study issues.