Collection:LPB

Genre: Speech

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

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2022-06-20

Duration: 00:46:36

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | Louisiana. Legislature | Apportionment (Election law)

Contributors:

• Duplessis, Royce Speaker

This episode of the series “Press Club” features a speech by State Representative Royce Duplessis before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Press Club on June 20, 2022. Representative Duplessis represents House District 93 in New Orleans and serves as the vice chairman of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee. He discusses the redistricting process in the Louisiana Legislature and the current dispute over creating a second majority-minority district for the state’s new Congressional map. He also answers questions from the media.