Honorable David Vitter
United States Senator, Louisiana, Republican
Senator Vitter was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1991 to 1999 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004. He sits on the following committees: Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The following is from an April 26, 2012, statement on the floor of the Senate on extending the National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP]. I rise to talk about another vital program we must reauthorize and continue before it expires; that…