Benoit also talks about how he became a reluctant political activist three years before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and how those two disasters compelled him to help create Voice of the Wetlands in response to FEMA policies on the Gulf Coast.

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The Common Voice document aims to deliver a cohesive response to the government.

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Now, on Monday night, I asked the American people to make their voice heard in this debate, and the response was overwhelming.

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