Bayou Buzz article Is help to small business on the way for Louisiana and the Gulf Coast? On February 20, 2008, United States Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and David Vitter, R-La., members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, will hold a field hearing entitled, “Rebuilding the Gulf Coast: Small Business Recovery in South Louisiana.” Landrieu and Vitter will examine the challenges still facing businesses affected by the 2005 storms. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita economically impacted more than 81,000 Louisiana businesses of which more than 18,000 were totally destroyed. To read the rest of this article, please click here.