Fighting for jobs in Louisiana
I want an America and a Louisiana where every person can get a decent job. But you can’t be for jobs if you’re against business, and you can’t be for business if you’re writing rules that tie the hands of our job creators. In the 1950s, only one American worker in 20 needed a government permit. Today, it’s one in three.
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Health care, not Obamacare
As I continue to travel around our state, I hear Louisianans talk about how devastating Obamacare has been for their families and small businesses. I remain committed to replacing Obamacare with a health care system that looks like it was designed on purpose. I want a country and a state in which a mother can take her sick child to a family doctor instead of an emergency room because her family has effective, affordable health insurance from the private sector.
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Bringing flood insurance into the 21st century
This year, many of Louisiana’s 64 parishes are again recovering from some kind of natural disaster. Families and businesses across our state rely on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for insurance protection from future floods and hurricanes. But the NFIP is broken. A flood insurance program isn’t doing its job if it’s too expensive to afford, or if it allows bad actors to take from hardworking families struggling to get back on their feet.
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Funding flood recovery, not government bureaucracy
Recovering from a natural disaster is about more than rebuilding structures: It’s about restoring our communities. Since coming to Congress, I have fought hard to ensure that federal disaster assistance, low-interest disaster loans, and NFIP payments are going to the Louisianians who need them—not just into the pockets of contractors and bureaucrats.
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Getting America’s fiscal house in order
I want us to live in a country and a state that respects taxpayer dollars. Washington spending is out of control, our budget process doesn’t work, and our nation is more than $25 trillion in debt.
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Defending the unborn
All life is precious and a gift from God, whether that life is 82 years old, 82 seconds old, or unborn. In my time in the Senate, I have made protecting life a priority by cosponsoring several pieces of legislation that would prohibit taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood; protect born-alive survivors of attempted abortions; and defend conscience protections for health care providers, insurers, and business owners.
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Life-changing education
Education has the power to change lives. No parent should have to send his or her child to a failing school. Too many of our kids are trapped in schools where violence is more common than learning.
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