Collection:LPB

Genre: Speech

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2019-03-25

Duration: 00:31:54

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Lambert, Eddie J. | State legislators | Flood control | COASTAL RESTORATION

Contributors:

• Lambert, Eddie Speaker

A speech by State Senator Eddie Lambert before the Baton Rouge Press Club on March 25, 2019. Lambert serves as the vice chairman of the Senate Natural Resources Committee. He discusses the high Mississippi River levels and the need for the Army Corps of Engineers to look at water diversion projects between Baton Rouge and New Orleans for both flood control and coastal restoration projects. He also answers questions from the audience.