This week marks a pivotal moment for our second amendment rights in Louisiana. I’ve officially filed #SB1, the Constitutional Carry Bill, to give our citizens more freedom to protect themselves and their loved ones in public without unnecessary governmental barriers. #2A pic.twitter.com/ibXmC2OUrR
— Blake Miguez (@BlakeMiguezLA) February 11, 2024
GROW LOUISIANA COALITION: Governor Jeff Landry Backs Industry and Announces $100 Million for Chevron’s Geismar Expansion Project
“The Oil and Gas Industry built Louisiana and keeps our economy moving. Our administration will always be a strong voice for this industry and support the vital jobs it creates,” said Governor Jeff Landry. The Geismar facility was the first stand-alone renewable diesel production facility in the U.S. when it was completed in 2010. This expansion project is expected to bring 90 new permanent jobs and 1,500 temporary jobs. Once completed, the improvement and expansion project will increase site capacity by 250 million gallons, from 90 million gallons to 340 million gallons per year.
On Monday, February 5, Gov. Landry also signed a proclamation and executive order on behalf of the oil and gas industry. The proclamation states that Louisiana is open for business and the administration will work tirelessly to ensure the oil and gas industry can thrive in our state. The executive order directs the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to promote the streamlining of permitting processes associated with the oil and gas industry.
Governor Landry Issues Call for Crime Special Session
Baton Rouge, LA- Today, Governor Jeff Landry called the Louisiana Legislature to convene for a special session focused on tackling the issue of crime that is plaguing our state and holding us back. Throughout this session, the legislature will create laws that strengthen our criminal justice system and repeal soft on crime policies that enable criminals and hurt our communities. Executive Order is attached.
“This special session begins to fulfill the campaign promises we made to the people of Louisiana to make our State Safe Again. No one, regardless of their neighborhood or zip code, should feel unsafe. We all want safer communities,” said Governor Jeff Landry. “We will defend and uplift our law enforcement officials and deliver true justice to crime victims who have been overlooked for far too long. I am eager to enact real change that makes Louisiana a safer state for all.”
Louisiana governor vows to help Texas with National Guard troops
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) on his decision to join governors in helping Texas with the ongoing border crisis
Kennedy denounces Biden administration’s attack on LNG: “President Biden is committing energy suicide”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), the ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the Biden administration’s pause on new and pending permits for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports.
Kennedy detailed several Biden administration policies that have harmed America’s energy independence and argued that President Joe Biden’s hostility toward America’s domestic energy sector will hurt the U.S. economy, jeopardize national security and make life more expensive for Louisianians.
Key excerpts from Kennedy’s remarks include:
“President Biden is committing energy suicide for America. Regrettably—and I mean that—regrettably, too many times in the past three years and on too many issues, we have seen President Biden act as a sock puppet for a faction of neo-socialist Americans who don't like our country, who think our country was wicked when it was founded and that it’s even more wicked today.
“This faction, which President Biden has supported far too often, thinks our country must be torn down and rebuilt, and, of course, they want to be the ones to rebuild it. Now this faction turned its sights, with the help of President Biden, on America’s hard-fought energy independence. President Biden just aided this faction in destroying America’s energy independence and committing energy suicide by declaring a moratorium on new gas terminals in America.
“Apparently, President Biden’s new policy is to give up our own oil and gas and buy the energy that we need from countries that hate us so they will have more money to buy weapons to try to kill us. Stupidity, Mr. President, stupidity should hurt more. I realize you can’t fix stupid, but you can vote it out.”
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“Energy independence is America’s jackpot lottery ticket. Now, we’ve worked hard for it, but it’s our jackpot lottery ticket, but, for some reason, President Biden wants to light our winning numbers on fire.
“He is committing energy suicide. Did I mention that? At every turn, the Biden administration has taken steps to make it more difficult, more expensive and sometimes flat-out impossible to produce, transport and sell the energy products that we need to power America. These foolish policies—the latest of which is a moratorium on LNG—these foolish policies are killing American jobs. They’re killing American jobs, they’re driving up energy prices, they’re jeopardizing our national security and it needs to stop, Mr. President.”
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“Liquified natural gas—it’s not complicated, America helped invent it. You just take natural gas—which is in its gaseous forms—and you cool it, turn it into a liquid, put it on a ship and you can send it all over the world. That’s how we kept Europe open after Putin cut off its oil and natural gas. It was a lifeline for our allies in Europe. It’s a lifeline for many of our friends in west Asia, and President Biden, before this moratorium, he promised our allies in Europe that they could rely on the United States for their LNG needs.
“Now, President Biden has chosen to stab America’s LNG producers and our allies in the back—not in the front, in the back—by prohibiting new LNG export terminals. This decision is going to kill dozens of multi-billion-dollar new terminal projects, including a project in Louisiana that we call Calcasieu Pass 2. . . . It would have brought thousands of good jobs to Louisiana and to America. It would have produced the energy to keep this country safe, to keep this country warm and to help our friends, but President Biden has put all those jobs and the terminal itself in jeopardy. Why? Politics. To appease that neo-socialist faction that I talked about that don’t even like our country.”
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“Energy independence keeps America safe. It keeps America strong. It keeps America prosperous. . . . Louisianians do not want to rely upon the whims of our adversaries to keep our country running.
“We cannot let President Biden commit energy suicide to appease the radical left in the loon wing of his party. So, I ask my colleagues, Mr. President, to join me in pushing back against President Biden’s anti-energy agenda and his moratorium on liquified natural gas.”
Read Kennedy’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed on LNG here.
View Kennedy’s full remarks here.
LA Freedom Caucus Supports Gov. Landry Sending National Guard Troops to Texas
BATON ROUGE—The Louisiana Freedom Caucus released the following statement today in support of Gov. Jeff Landry’s efforts to help secure the southern border that Texas and Mexico share:
“Securing this nation’s borders is a crucial and primary duty of our government. The Louisiana Freedom Caucus supports Gov. Jeff Landry in his efforts to help do the job President Biden refuses to do: secure our border. This is a blatant disregard for the safety and sovereignty of the American people,” said Beryl Amedée, Chairman of the Louisiana Freedom Caucus.
“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared the crisis situation at the southern border with Mexico an invasion. A reported eight million people have poured across the southern border in the past three years, unabated, since Biden reversed via Executive Order the successful border policies of President Donald Trump. We should stand with Texas to repel this sea of humanity coming across our border in which all sorts of ugly things hide,” Amedée said.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry makes oil, gas industry announcements
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry made several announcements regarding the oil and gas industries on Monday, Feb. 5.
Landry made the announcements during his keynote speech at the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas’ annual meeting.
Read more: Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry makes oil, gas industry announcements
Kennedy, Scott introduce bill to unlock U.S. LNG potential, buck Biden halt on exports
“Louisiana and many other states rely on the clean energy that LNG provides. We can’t allow the president’s Department of Energy to further jeopardize economic and geopolitical stability with its disastrous permitting pauses.”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in introducing the Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act to allow the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve or deny applications for the siting, construction, expansion or operation of facilities to export or import liquified natural gas (LNG).
Under current law, the Department of Energy (DOE) has the authority to approve or deny LNG exports, yet, under the Biden administration, the department is politicizing American energy production.
“At every turn, the Biden administration yields to the demands of radical climate extremists—and it is putting America’s jobs and national security at risk. Louisiana and many other states rely on the clean energy that LNG provides. We can’t allow the president’s Department of Energy to further jeopardize economic and geopolitical stability with its disastrous permitting pauses,” said Kennedy.
“President Biden’s move to halt American energy exports is pure politics. In fact, exporting U.S. natural gas would actually lower global emissions. President Biden is dead set on bowing to the far-left and making the U.S. and our allies more reliant on foreign adversaries like Russia. Instead, I’m fighting to unleash America’s abundant natural resources, bolster our energy independence and safeguard our national security,” said Scott.
Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) also cosponsored the legislation.
Background:
On Jan. 30, Kennedy vowed to block President Biden’s nominees to the State Department and the Department of Energy until the administration stops its hostility towards LNG production.
On Jan. 30, Kennedy and colleagues urged the administration to reverse its decision to pause permitting for LNG export facilities in the U.S., citing a threat to the industry. Louisiana's Calcasieu Pass 2 project is among the 17 proposed LNG terminals Biden's decision froze.
On Jan. 18, prior to the Biden administration's decision to halt permitting for LNG export facilities, Kennedy warned DOE Secretary Jennifer Graham about the burdensome permitting process.
In April 2021, Kennedy wrote an op-ed outlining how Louisiana’s energy production could help meet the world’s demand for LNG.
Full text of the Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act is available here.
Governor Jeff Landry Visits the Southern Border
Eagle Pass, TX– Today, Governor Jeff Landry joined Governor Greg Abbott (TX) and 12 of his fellow governors in Eagle Pass Texas. They received a briefing at DPS headquarters on Operation Lone Star and then held a press conference at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass.
“What we saw and learned today makes one thing very clear: the Biden Administration has completely abdicated its responsibility to enforce the immigration laws on the books. Our open borders allow drugs and human trafficking to flow into our communities, putting our entire country at risk,” said Governor Jeff Landry. “When in trouble, our neighbors in Texas have always opened their arms to us. Now it’s time we return the favor. I look forward to working with our legislative leadership to find a way to send our National Guard troops to the southern border to support Texas. The rule of law must be enforced."
Gov. Landry speaks with General Friloux in Eagle Pass, Tx.
Governor Landry gets briefed at DPS headquarters
Gov. Landry attends press conference with Gov. Abbott
Gov. Landry speaks with Texas Major General Thomas Suelzer
LOGA Statement on Ben Bienvenu’s Appointment as Commissioner of Conservation
BATON ROUGE, LA (January 31st, 2024) – Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced his appointment of Ben Bienvenu as Louisiana’s next Commissioner of Conservation. In response, LOGA President Mike Moncla issued the following statement:
"First of all, I’d like to commend Governor Landry on yet another astounding appointment. The Governor continues to hit it out of the park on every cabinet appointment thus far.
The Office of Conservation plays a vital role in our state’s oil and gas industry, so it was crucial that we get this right – and I fully believe that’s what Governor Landry has done with this appointment.
Ben Bienvenu has vast exploration and production knowledge from all segments.
From drilling wells in a field foreman’s role for Phillips in the ArkLaTex, to learning the offshore shelf play at Chevron, to strategic planning for Murphy’s deep-water team, to Regional Manager for Gulfport’s inland waters properties, to operating a small oil and gas company of his own… Ben is well equipped with experience in every facet of Louisiana’s oil and gas footprint.
Ben and I spoke at length today about this tremendous opportunity, along with many of his ideas to make Louisiana an attractive place to do business again.
We look forward to working with him in the coming years."
Louisiana Freedom Caucus members oppose McConnell-Schumer-Lankford Border Deal
Members of the Louisiana Freedom Caucus join national conservatives in opposition to the McConnell-Schumer-Lankford boondoggle that will fund Ukraine while worsening the invasion at our southern border.
“Conservatives are united on a singular fact: President Biden could secure the border if he simply enforced the laws on the books.
With that in mind, we are opposed to any border proposal that does not, above all else, impose policies that will dramatically reduce the flow of illegal immigration, ensure that new and existing laws are enforced, and address the problem of illegal immigrants voting in U.S. elections.
Rather than focusing on these goals, the Republican Leader, Mitch McConnell and Senator James Lankford are currently negotiating a border proposal with Senate Democrats and the Biden White House which accomplishes none of them. Worse, this is occurring while the House is proceeding with the impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.”
Federal Court Sides With Attorney General Liz Murrill To De-List Louisiana Black Bear From Endangered Species List
A Federal District Court dismissed a suit challenging the de-listing of the Louisiana Black Bear from the endangered species list.
Louisiana intervened and defended the de-listing.
Yesterday, Judge Brian Jackson granted summary judgment in favor of the state.
Higgins Advocates for Crawfish Drought and Freeze Relief
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting relief for Louisiana’s crawfish industry as a result of the severe drought in 2023 and recent freeze that has devastated production.
“The 2023 drought has led to an alarming decrease in crawfish production across approximately 45,000 acres of ponds. This has been compounded by a recent freeze event, worsening challenges faced by our farmers. The Louisiana State University’s Agriculture Center estimated the potential losses to be nearly $140 million due to the combined drought and freeze. This figure represents a significant portion of the state’s $230 million crawfish industry, underscoring the severity of the situation,” writes Congressman Higgins.
The letter continues to emphasize the need for stronger import protections for crawfish, “Strict standards for these imports are essential to guarantee fair competition and safeguard consumer health, as they ensure that imported products meet the same safety and quality requirements as domestic products. Additionally, high standards for imports promote global adherence to best practices in aquaculture, benefiting producers and consumers by fostering a culture of excellence and safety in the industry.”
Congressman Higgins closes the letter by requesting robust measures to maintain the highest standards for all aquaculture products entering our country.
Read the letter here.
In 2021, Congressman Higgins successfully secured assistance for Louisiana’s crawfish industry through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) after the 2021 freeze. The implementation of this assistance took place in May 2021. Read the letter here.
Governor Jeff Landry Releases Transition Council Reports
Baton Rouge, LA– Today, Governor Jeff Landry released the final reports provided by his gubernatorial transition councils.
“The men and women who were part of our transition councils did incredible work for the state of Louisiana. These folks dedicated many hours to give our administration recommendations on how we can begin to address the challenges our state is facing. I cannot thank them enough,” said Governor Jeff Landry.
Agriculture, Fisheries & Land Management
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-agriculture-fisheries-and-land-management-council/
Coast & Environment
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/coast-environment-council/
Constitutional Reform
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-constitutional-reform-policy-council/
Crime & Public Safety
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-crime-and-public-safety-transition-council/
Economic Development & Fiscal Policy
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-economic-development-and-fiscal-policy-council/
Energy, Chemical, & Maritime Industry
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-energy-chemical-and-maritime-ecm-transition-council/
Healthcare & Hospitals
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-healthcare-and-hospitals-policy-council/
Infrastructure
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-infrastructure-transition-council/
Insurance Crisis
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-insurance-policy-council/
K-12 Education
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/k-12-education-policy-council/
Military Issues
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-military-affairs-council/
New Orleans
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-new-orleans-transition-council/
Local & Municipal Affairs
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-municipal-local-affairs-policy-council/
Workforce Development & Higher Education.
https://oneteam.la/2024/01/26/the-workforce-development-higher-education-policy-council/
Kennedy on Risk Rating 2.0: “FEMA lied”
“In my state, here's what the premiums have done: They said, ‘A lot of [your] people, Kennedy, they'll see it decreases.’ Terrebonne County . . . 305% increase. Another parish: 321%. Plaquemines Parish: 540%. FEMA lied.”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today spoke in the Senate Banking Committee about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Risk Rating 2.0 program, which has dramatically raised flood insurance premiums for Louisianians.
Of the 5 million Americans who rely on the NFIP to protect their businesses and homes, roughly 500,000 are Louisianians.
Key excerpts from the senator’s remarks are below.
“[FEMA] lied. They said a million people of the 5 million people will see their rates go down. I haven't talked to a single person who's seen their rates go down. This is just an excuse to raise premiums, and they don't care. The whole purpose of the National Flood Insurance Program is to provide a product that people can afford.”
“In my state, here's what the premiums have done: They said, ‘A lot of [your] people, Kennedy, they'll see it decreases.’ Terrebonne County—we call our counties ‘parishes’—305% increase. Another parish: 321%. Plaquemines Parish: 540%. FEMA lied, and they're not going to do any better.”
“Right now, FEMA can raise the premiums 18% every single year, and they’re going to keep doing it because they don't care. They lied to the American people and my people, and they ought to hide their heads in a bag.”
In June 2023, Kennedy helped introduce the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act to reauthorize the NFIP for five years and cap annual policy premium hikes at 9%.
Background:
On Sept. 28, 2023 the Senate blocked Kennedy’s second attempt at passing his NFIP Extension Act of 2023 on the Senate floor.
On Sept. 13, 2023 the Senate blocked Kennedy’s NFIP Extension Act of 2023 from passing on the Senate floor.
In July 2023, Kennedy first introduced the NFIP Extension Act of 2023 to ensure that the program would not lapse on its expiration date.
In 2019, Kennedy’s National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019 became law.
In 2018, Kennedy’s first National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act became law.
In addition, Kennedy has helped ensure that multiple continuing resolutions to fund the federal government have included an extension of the NFIP.
View Kennedy’s full remarks here.
Kennedy warns DOE Secretary Granholm that new rules will crush U.S. natural gas industry
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Ranking member of the Senate Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, today sent a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, urging the department to not limit U.S. exports of liquified natural gas (LNG) through enforcing unnecessary burdens in the permitting process.
“. . . the Department of Energy, through new guidelines and rulemakings, will crush a burgeoning U.S. industry that employs tens of thousands of Americans, provides cheap and reliable energy to millions, and is a vital instrument in weening the world off of dirty Russian energy,” the senator wrote.
Kennedy raised concerns that any attempt by the Biden administration to implement additional rulemaking in the permitting process would arbitrarily limit the country’s ability to utilize natural gas resources and that such actions would be a mistake.
“The U.S. has a natural gas resource base that conservatively stands at close to 4,000 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas. Let's put that resource to its best use to maintain our energy independence, to help our allies, to reduce emissions and to create good-paying jobs—instead of needlessly sidelining it,” Kennedy concluded.
Background:
Louisiana’s LNG export terminals account for 63% of all U.S. LNG exports.
The LNG industry employs 18,000 people in Louisiana.
LNG contributes $4.4 billion to Louisiana’s economy.
The full letter is available here.
Please see Fox digital’s story featuring Kennedy’s reaction here and attached: Biden reportedly jams brakes on massive energy projects over climate impacts
Kennedy explains how Biden’s open border helps cartels and terrorists: “This is insanity.”
“Today, President Joe Biden’s failed border policies have wreaked havoc in every single corner of the United States, including Louisiana.”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor, warning the Biden administration that terrorists, cartel members and sex offenders are exploiting the chaos at the border to enter our country illegally.
Kennedy urged President Biden to work with conservatives to secure the border and address this ongoing national security threat.
Key comments from Kennedy include:
“You can cut the irony with a knife. After years of presenting themselves as ‘sanctuary cities,’ officials—many of them well intentioned—throughout the country learned in 2023 that the crisis at our border is not just a problem for southern states like Texas, Arizona and even my state. It’s an American crisis. Today, President Joe Biden’s failed border policies have wreaked havoc in every single corner of the United States, including Louisiana.
“According to one estimate, and it’s not the only estimate, but I think this is a very telling estimate—Louisianians pay an additional $4,613 an illegal migrant—that’s about $604 million per year—in state taxes because of illegal immigration. . . . That’s happening at a time when Louisiana families are also having to come out of pocket with an extra $800 per month to deal with inflation.”
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“President Biden’s border policies are not just a human rights disaster, though they certainly are. But his policies have also provided the perfect cover for terrorist sympathizers, child sex offenders, for cartel associates to enter the United States illegally. All you have to do is mix in because nobody is checking anybody.
“The numbers that I’m about to give you will make you throw up. Border Patrol apprehended 169 members of the FBI’s terrorist watchlist attempting to cross the southern border illegally in 2023 alone. . . . That’s more than 10 times the number of potential terrorists that Border Patrol detained in the four years before President Biden took office.”
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“We know what Mexico’s cartels have done. They have been exploiting our open border to terrorize Americans for years. Their weapon of choice is fentanyl. The cartels kill tens of thousands of U.S. citizens per year by working with China to flood our communities with fentanyl. That fentanyl comes from China, and it comes from Mexico. Louisiana lost more than 1,300 people—1,300 loved ones—to fentanyl poisoning in 2022 alone. The narco-terrorists flood our communities with poison and fill their coffers with as much as $1 billion per year.”
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“These cartels, the members, they put migrants through hell as they march them across our southern border. Predators sexually assault an estimated four out of every five women. It’s unsurprising, then, many of the male migrants the cartels usher to the border are also known sex offenders. In just two months, Mr. President, Border Patrol agents in Texas caught 21 known child predators . . . attempting to enter the country illegally. Imagine how many we don’t know about. Border Patrol apprehended 284 sex offenders in fiscal year 2023 alone.”
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“The American people see the southern border like they see the front door of their home. Most Americans lock their front door at night. They don't do that because they hate everybody on the outside. Most Americans lock their front door at night because they love the people on the inside, and they just want to know who's coming in and out of their home—and that's all the American people want in terms of immigration.”
Kennedy’s full remarks are available here.
LA FREEDOM CAUCUS TO SENATE: POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD ELECT THEIR OWN NOMINEES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
January 19, 2024
LA FREEDOM CAUCUS TO SENATE: POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD ELECT THEIR OWN NOMINEES
BATON ROUGE—The Louisiana Freedom Caucus (LAFC) stands firmly for a party primary system that allows political parties to elect their own nominees.
“There’s a saying in the Louisiana legislature, the House proposes good bills and the Senate kills them. The Senate badly wounded the party primary bill but was not able to kill it. First, they removed the state legislature and all statewide officials from the perfectly reasonable party primary bill that would have allowed established political parties to elect their own nominees for office in Louisiana,” said Beryl Amedée, Chairman of the Louisiana Freedom Caucus.
“It was not good enough for the Senate that all other persons who qualified would run against these party nominees in the general election. Then they added the State Supreme Court, BESE, and the Public Service Commission into the party primary mix, but added measures to allow persons not registered as Republicans or Democrats to vote to choose Republican and Democrat Party nominees. This left us with a watered-down version of what Governor Landry asked for,” Amedée added. “For the Senate to tell our state parties they have to let other-than-registered members of the party vote for their party’s choice is not acceptable. We will continue to work to make sure our political parties have the right to nominate their own candidates exclusively before the general election takes place.”
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Gov. Jeff Landry’s First Special Session Concludes
Baton Rouge, LA– Today, Governor Jeff Landry marked the close of the special legislative session on court-ordered congressional redistricting.
Watch Governor Landry’s remarks here.
“Today is an exciting day! The outcome of this special session is a win for the people of Louisiana. We started the process of necessary structural change to our election system, allowing for a cleaner and simpler final ballot, and we took the pen out of the hand of a non-elected judge and placed it in the hands of the people. I applaud those legislators who worked hard to pass these bills, and I look forward to moving on to our top priority—the upcoming crime special session,” said Governor Jeff Landry.
Kennedy: “We all know that human life is precious”
“Few things fill my heart as much as seeing young people travel from every corner of this wonderful country to defend the defenseless and give a voice to the voiceless. America could use more of your moral clarity and your courage.”
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today released the following message addressing this year’s March for Life in Washington, DC, which many Louisianians and Americans attend:
“When I was a kid growing up in Zachary—I remember it like yesterday—my dad would always say, ‘Son, you will never know love until you have a child. . . . It’s special.’
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“My Dad was right. I found that out when God smiled on Becky and me and we got our son Preston when he was just a few days old.
“That’s why it’s so sad that abortion remains a heartbreaking reality in our own country. Some Americans find it easier to ignore this evil than to work to overcome it, but you, all of you, have chosen to stand together to protect the life, the liberty, the happiness of countless unborn boys and girls.
“Each year, you and your work renew my hope for our country’s future. You do. Few things fill my heart as much as seeing young people travel from every corner of this wonderful country to defend the defenseless and give a voice to the voiceless. America could use more of your moral clarity and your courage.
“We all know that human life is precious, and it doesn’t matter whether that life is 82-years-old or 82-seconds-old. I pray that your voices will continue to bring about pro-life changes in America. . . . God bless you all, and may God bless the millions of unborn babies you’ve done so much to protect.”
View Kennedy’s full remarks here.
