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Constituent Services

114th Congress

  • Boustany Announces FEMA Funding for Saint Mary Levee District

    November 2, 2016

    (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced $25,887,261 in grant funding for the state of Louisiana. Specifically, $3,522,954 will be awarded to the Saint Mary Levee District to provide emergency reinforcement and protection to levees and other infrastructure in the wake of the flooding event that began on December 28, 2015.

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  • Boustany Issues Statement on Rising Healthcare Costs in Louisiana

    November 2, 2016

    (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after receiving notification that Louisiana residents will experience a 20 percent increase in healthcare premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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  • Boustany Demands EPA Use Sound Science

    November 2, 2016

    (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing concerns about incorrect data and methodological errors being utilized in a recent risk assessment for the herbicide atrazine. Making a decision based on wrong information not only hurts the credibility of the EPA, but will have a detrimental impact on Louisiana sugarcane, corn, and sorghum farmers.

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  • Boustany Congratulates CenturyLink on Level 3 Acquisition

    October 31, 2016

    (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) congratulated Louisiana-based CenturyLink after the company reached an agreement to buy Level 3 Communications Inc. for approximately $25 billion.

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  • Boustany Supports Governor's Appeal to Increase Flood Assistance

    October 31, 2016

    (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after Governor Edwards' Administration sent a letter to President Obama appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) denial of an increase in the federal cost-share of disaster assistance to 90% for the flooding event of March 2016.

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Boustany Columns

  • For Upward Mobility, Government Needs to Promote Work

    10/21/15

    When Pope Francis addressed Congress last month, he called on all Americans to "keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in a cycle of poverty. They too need to be given hope."

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  • America: Ready to Lead with Trade

    4/24/15

    Getting things done is coming back in fashion in Congress, as the body begins to rack up achievements like the first major entitlement reform in decades and making progress on a budget. This month, House and Senate leaders of both parties reached an agreement on the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act (TPA), landmark legislation that will pave the way for achieving 21st-century trade agreements with Asia and Europe.

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  • Time to Kill the Death Tax

    4/17/15

    Today, the U.S. Tax Code is a mess. Various loopholes leak billions of dollars each year and are easy to exploit, while other provisions fall hardest on families and small businesses trying to make ends meet. This doesn't support the long-term health of our economy. Instead of creating pathways for individuals to succeed, we are destroying opportunity.

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