Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana.

) against Tauzin and accused him of using unethical tactics to push a bill that "the pharmaceutical lobbyists wrote". Tauzin defeated Democratic State Senator Tony Guarisco and another Democrat who also later turned Republican: Jim Donelon.

He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005 representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He was President and CEO of PhRMA a pharmaceutical company lobby group.