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Kennedy and Cassidy Announce $1.5 M for Hurrican Ida Aid for Lafourche Parish

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Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today announced $1,480,988 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid.

Landry Signs Bill to Reduce Drunk Driving

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Governor Jeff Landry signed SB7 today in a signing ceremony. The bill, one of many to make it out of the second special session, will protect lives by discouraging repeat DWI offenses.

Kennedy, Risch urge Red Cross to reconsider hiring disgraced former UNRWA official

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La) today joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and fifteen other colleagues in urging the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to reconsider hiring former United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner General Pierre Krähenbühl as its director general.

Higgins Issues Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Keeping Trump on the Ballot

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Congressman Higgins (R-LA) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling overriding attempts by Colorado and other states to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot.

Kennedy statement on SCOTUS decision to allow Trump on Colorado ballot

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) released the following statement upon the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Anderson, Colorado’s attempt to exclude former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot

Cassidy Announces $8.3 Million for SW LA in Hurricane Laura Relief

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United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Jefferson Davis Electric Cooperative, Inc. will receive $8,352,875.70 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for permanent repairs to the Michigan-Wisconsin Substation as a result of Hurricane Laura.

Landry Announces New Appointments to Boards and Commissions

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Governor Jeff Landry announced new appointments to serve on the Louisiana Lottery Corporation, the Ernest N. Morial – New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), the Parish Boards of Election Supervisors, and the State Board of Commerce and Industry.

Cassidy, Tuberville Demand EPA Rescind Job-Killing Air Quality Standards

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United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) sent a letter demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescind the recently finalized rule for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and direct the EPA to revisit, pursuant to the best available science, its next review at the congressionally mandated five-year interval in 2025.

Landry’s Crime Special Session Concludes

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Governor Jeff Landry issued the following statement following the close of his second special session on crime.

Higgins Announces $13.9M in Hurricane Recovery Efforts, Total Now Over $4.3B

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding an additional $13,901,725.53 million in federal grants for hurricane recovery efforts in Southwest Louisiana.
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