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This will be the first year that Congressional Leadership and the President of the United States do not travel to the Gulf Coast to honor the anniversary of our nation’s largest disaster. Hurricane Katrina caused over 1,800 deaths, more than $150 billion in damages and displaced over one million Americans from their homes. Four years and three hurricanes later, many communities along the Gulf Coast are still devastated.

By Ed O'Keefe A coalition of community and civil rights leaders from the Gulf Coast region is asking Congress to keep close tabs on how the Census Bureau counts Americans displaced almost four years ago by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the latest regional concern about next year's census that has been laid before lawmakers.