In this campaign, I will always put South Louisiana’s coastal issues first. Our future hinges on better, smarter approaches to hurricane protection and coastal restoration. If we fail to do what is needed to protect our coastal communities in the face of constant threat, little else matters.

Winning progress on coastal issues is no longer a luxury—it is now a matter of survival.

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Louisiana must demand that the federal government make good on its continual promises of hurricane protection. We need reform that takes our future out of the exclusive hands of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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The parishes of our District are indispensable players in our national economy and must be recognized as such; A stronger Louisiana means a stronger America.

Our own District produces a quarter of our continent’s seafood and houses a third of America’s top fishery ports. We build a quarter of our nation’s transport ships, which go on to carry half a billion tons of cargo through our Delta every year. (more…)

On a national level, we simply cannot sustain the current level of government spending.

We must avoid further bailouts, and instead grow our economy by encouraging private investment and job-creating small businesses. We can capitalize our banks by giving people incentives to save rather than consume. When banks have money to lend, small businesses benefit, and so does our community.
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