In House floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke about government spending.
Sen. John Kennedy Says the Only Way to Improve Biden’s Budget ‘Is With a Shredder’
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warns the budget would result in the country’s debt rising from 98% of GDP at the end of 2023 to 106% by 2027 and then 110% by 2033.
According to their analysis, despite some attempts at deficit reduction, nominal debt would nearly double, growing from $24.6 trillion to $43.6 trillion over the next decade.
"The only way I know how to improve the president's budget is with a shredder," Kennedy said Sunday.
Louisiana Senate District 22 Poll Results
JMC Analytics and Polling was commissioned to conduct this poll for the Louisiana Committee for a Conservative Majority (LCCM).
Likely voters in Senate District 22 (as passed by the First Extraordinary Session of the 2022 Legislature), conducted March 4-5, 2023 (4.9% MOE with 95% confidence interval)
Sample size: 400 (70% cell phones (texted), 30% landlines (live dialed) - “hybrid” poll)
Geography (Parishes): Iberia: 38%, Lafayette: 26%, St. Martin: 36% (Explanation is graphically depicted in Exhibit A)
(Note: Results were weighted to a 22% black, 46% Republican, 17% non-black Democratic, 15% non-black Independent electorate - similar to the electorate of the 2018-2022 election cycles)
Boysie Bollinger and Joe Canizaro Endorse Jeff Landry for Governor
Lafayette, La. — Today, Jeff Landry announced he has secured the endorsement of Boysie Bollinger and Joe Canizaro in his race for Governor of Louisiana.
"It has been our honor to lead and work with various Republican efforts and candidates over the last several decades. Louisiana has made some great strides and elected some great leaders, but there is still so much to do. We both love and call Louisiana home, but have watched family and friends leave her behind to seek better opportunities elsewhere. The Gulf South is booming and primed to become a major hub of growth in our country. There is no reason why Louisiana can’t be a part of this boom; we just need a good team to get us there. This is why we both enthusiastically are supporting Jeff Landry for Governor,” said Bollinger and Canizaro.
“Jeff has worked hard and built a strong statewide organization of grassroots and GOTV efforts. He has and continues to vigorously raise the much needed funds this race will take putting us in the best position to elect the next conservative Governor. But past the election and what we think will be his victory; Jeff has the courage and determination to effect real reforms to turn our state around and start a rebirth of jobs, industries, and opportunities in Louisiana. Together with our congressional delegation and the state legislature, we have a great team and Jeff is the right person to lead us into a great future," continued Bollinger and Canizaro.
Former Congressman John Fleming to run for State Treasurer
Former District 4 Louisiana Congressman and Minden resident Dr. John Fleming says he will run for State Treasurer this fall. Fleming – a Republican – is a medical doctor and has launched and owned several companies. He says he is well-qualified for the job for that reason, and for his recent years working in the Donald Trump White House on the financial policy team…:
“The last year, I was detailed to the White House as Deputy Chief of Staff. So, I feel like I have a very broad, deep background in this area.”
Read more: Former Congressman John Fleming to run for State Treasurer
GRAVES: Louisiana's Future
Good morning,
Thank you for your support and encouragement.
Louisiana is at a crossroads. This Governor’s election is going to be the most consequential in our lifetime. We are one of the most blessed states in the country. We have more strategic advantages - our resources, people and culture - than virtually any other, yet our citizens are burdened with some of the greatest disadvantages: crime, traffic, taxes, insurance, education, flooding and lost opportunity. Nearly half of our state budget is Medicaid, the federal healthcare safety net program for the poor — one-half of the entire budget. And, we are losing our best and brightest to Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and others. There is no excuse for our situation.
The next Governor will not succeed by being just a great executive. The next Governor must be a leader who unites all the state’s community leaders, our job creators, and elected representatives around a bright, bold vision and plan for the state’s great comeback story - so that we’re all rowing in the same direction. All of us.
Our next Governor must capitalize on our strategic advantages, take courageous action and lead this state in a direction where the need for a lifetime of social welfare programs and poverty are replaced with hope, opportunity, upward mobility and living our dreams.
For nearly two years now, Carissa and I have been overwhelmed by the support and encouragement by you and so many others to play the prominent role in Louisiana’s transformation. And we have told everyone we talk to that we are praying about it and will follow God’s wisdom to serve in the best manner in which to contribute to this important task. The question is where can we be most helpful to our citizens. After much prayerful consideration and hundreds of conversations, it is clear that the best service we can provide to Louisianans and the next Governor is by building upon our wins in the U.S. Congress.
The role you’ve enabled me to play now is to support a Governor who will lead and unite our state - a Governor with a bold, hopeful vision of Louisiana’s promise that is equal to her potential.
In the coming days, the field for Governor will brighten. And Louisiana will have a generational opportunity to write America’s greatest comeback story.
As the proud representative of the nearly 800,000 people I am honored to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, I am absolutely committed to Louisiana’s future and will work hard to ensure that Louisiana wins the next election this fall.
God Bless,
Garret Graves
Higgins on Greg Kelly Reports
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sits down with Greg Kelly Reports of Newsmax to discuss the GOP majority and the federal government's bureaucracy.
Sen. John Kennedy: America is Star Spangled Awesome!
"Today I want to talk to you about truth the honored unvarnished truth the truth is important without the truth we cannot order Society without the truth we cannot survive as human beings and without the truth we certainly cannot Thrive as human beings can you handle the truth I think you can the truth is that it is important to speak your mind so I do now that makes some people mad but I try not to worry too much about what anyone thinks of me except dogs I really like dogs and sometimes my friends will ask me they say Kennedy how do you sleep at night how do you sleep at night knowing that some people don't like you and I tell them with the fan on because I think I make the right people mad. What else is the truth the truth is that God is great beer is good and and the United States of America is Star Spangled awesome!"
Business Groups Sue EPA Over Water Rule
In a major development in the ongoing battle over environmental regulations, several business associations have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers challenging their new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Associated General Contractors of Kentucky, the Home Builders Association of Kentucky, the Portland Cement Association, and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce are among the plaintiffs in the case.
The new WOTUS rule significantly expands the authority of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, using vaguely defined terms to cover millions of acres of water and land features, including ponds, farms, and backyards. This has created confusion and uncertainty for landowners, businesses, and farmers, who are now required to hire expensive consultants and experts to determine whether they need permits to use their land. If they make a mistake, they could face significant penalties.
“While the Administration has laid out ambitious climate and infrastructure goals, they will not be achievable with this Waters of the United States rule, which creates needless uncertainty and endless red tape and requires businesses of all sizes to navigate an expensive and time-consuming permitting process,” said Marty Durbin, Senior Vice President of Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The business associations argue that the new rule exceeds the federal government’s statutory authority and is difficult to understand and use. They are asking the court to stop the WOTUS rule from going into effect while the litigation is pending by issuing an injunction, and ultimately to find the rule invalid.
“Businesses and landowners in Kentucky and across the country need predictable, stable regulations that stay within the bounds of the law and provide clear, workable rules of the road for private enterprise,” said Ashli Watts, President and CEO at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. “Federal, state, and local government agencies all have a role to play as partners with business in protecting clean water and the environment—but each agency must stay in its lawful lane and avoid overreach. We and our fellow plaintiffs are bringing this lawsuit to protect the interests of our members and promote a regulatory environment that is fair, economically sustainable, and legally durable.”
This is not the first time WOTUS regulations have been subject to legal battles. The previous administration attempted to provide clear definitions to comply with legal requirements, but the Biden Administration's new rule has created uncertainty and confusion, which the business associations argue is unnecessary.
The Portland Cement Association and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce have also joined the lawsuit as co-plaintiffs. The Chamber of Commerce believes that the Administration should have waited for guidance from the Supreme Court before issuing these new regulations, which are likely to be rendered out of date by the Court's upcoming decision in the Sackett v. EPA case.
LAGOP: Bidenflation
Last week we heard from no less a personage than Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, who assured us that Joe Biden’s administration had “reduced heating and electricity bills so folks have more money in their pocket.” Now one does not have to be a dyed-in-the-wool conservative to realize that Kamala Harris is an economic illiterate, but let us take a moment to review the true situation.
January’s consumer price index (the usual measure of inflation) rose by 6.4% compared with last year. Now this 6.4% inflation rate actually is down a bit from the worst months of 2022, when the public received horrifying reports of 8-9% increases. Even so, a 6.4% inflation rate is still over three times higher than our inflation rate has been for most of the last forty years!
And if Kamala Harris can plausibly plead total ignorance of all things economic, Joe Biden has no such defense- he has been roaming the halls of government for far longer than most Americans have been on this Earth. When his 2021 assurances that inflation would be “transitory” turned out to be untrue, he falsely blamed the sky-high inflation rate on Donald Trump and then flatly denied to the American people that his multi-trillion dollar woke spending spree had anything to do it. He well knew better, but his progressive political base was more important to him than the economic well-being of his country.
A hard dose of the facts is in order: In just the last year, fuel oil is up 27.7%; natural gas is up 26.7%; electricity is up 11.9%; food is up 11.8%. So how can Biden point to any successes in dealing with inflation? It’s simple, if you don’t mind lying to the American public. Just take credit for reducing inflation in every month that the rate of inflation goes down. For example, when the inflation rate goes from 6.5% in December 2022 to 6.4% in January 2023, tell everyone how great you are at reducing inflation. Just forget to mention the simple fact that (1) you are responsible for most of the inflation in the first place, and (2) the inflation rate is still over three times higher than it should be. Unscrupulous politicians occasionally use this fallacious type of argument, but Biden seems wholly incapable of communicating without resort to it.
Moreover, the real truth is even worse than the simple inflation numbers: Because average hourly earnings are rising more slowly than inflation, real average earnings have fallen by 1.8% since just last year. To put this disaster in proper perspective, real wages have now fallen for twenty-two months in a row, which is just about when Joe Biden passed that first $1.9 trillion stimulus package. As it now stands, 77% of Americans now say that inflation is causing them financial hardship.
And inflation is not going away any time soon. Obama’s former economic adviser Jason Furman tweeted last week that the economy was now overheated because Biden had made little progress in reducing inflation. He went on to tweet that there was little reason to expect a slowdown in inflation going forward. Any first year economics student knows that you can’t pump multi-trillions of dollars into an economy, even one as large as ours, without causing serious inflation.
So while our wages and savings further decline as inflation eats away at the value of our dollars, our own government is forced to continue to raise interest rates to slow down our overheated economy, thus putting that new house, car, washing machine, or vacation out of reach for the average American. We are entering a Joe Biden-caused recession, and we can only pray that it will not be a particularly deep or long-lasting one.
Welcome back to Jimmy Carter’s stagflation of the 1970’s, courtesy of a corrupt and doddering president with a lifetime penchant for lying to the American public! Great job, Joe!
Louis Gurvich, Chairman
Republican Party of Louisiana
CAJUN PAC II: THANK YOU to Attorney General Jeff Landry!
As Louisiana's AG, you have been a TRUE CHAMPION for the Conservative movement and the things that concern our great state and our citizens the most...
✅LAW AND ORDER.
✅Protecting our JOBS AND ECONOMY from federal overreach.
✅Protecting Louisiana's NEXT GENERATION by putting children first and 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦.
✅DEFENDING American energy.
About Attorney General Jeff Landry:
Jeff Landry grew up in the small Cajun town of St. Martinville. His mother was a school teacher and his Dad was a small-town architect. Jeff worked in the sugarcane fields and joined the National Guard while still in high school, before becoming a decorated veteran of Desert Storm. He worked his way through college by continuing to serve others as a local police officer and sheriff’s deputy.
And This Guy Wants to Be Louisiana's Next State Treasurer
As a staunch supporter of oil and gas, I thought that this line of thinking while running for State Treasurer in Louisiana was ludicrous. Democrat Dustin Granger is running on an anti-oil and gas and “climate change” agenda in a state known for their dependency and support on this vital industry.
The below video highlights his stance on this issue and his commitment to “investing in our future.”
In other words, he’s for big government, more taxation and more regulation on a Louisiana economy already on life support as a result of John Bel Edwards.
Attorney General Jeff Landry Speaks to LOGA Members
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry spoke to members of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association this afternoon in Lake Charles. As General Landry has stated, the oil and gas industry is the backbone of Louisiana’s economy. Landry also stated that no other person will stand up and defend this industry more than he, as his record proves.
Louisiana Senate District 22 Update
State Representative Blake Miguez (R-New Iberia) of District 49, who will officially announce his candidacy for Senate District 22 on March 17th, has reported $453,023 on hand as of December 30, 2022. The report shows Miguez received an average contribution of $593 from 426 donors, with 200 of those contributions being $100 or less. State Senator Fred Mills will be vacating the seat due to term limits.
Candidate Hugh Andre (R-Youngsville), reported $159,803 on hand for the same period with 154 donors averaging $967 per contribution.
Video Surfaces of Mayor LaToya Cantrell Flipping Off a Float in NOLA Mardi Gras
Need more proof on whether or not you need to sign the petition to recall New Orleans Mayor, LaToya Cantrell? Well, here is is.
Video surfaced of Cantrell flipping off a float in the Krewe of Tucks parade.
Former State Sen. Troy Hebert, Democrat Susan East Nelson, Joins Talk Radio Host Jim Engster
Photo source: Ballotpedia
Former State Sen. Troy Hebert, Jeanerette, joined Jim Engster on his statewide radio show this morning to discuss his run in 2007 against current Louisiana Attorney General and candidate for Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry.
Opinion: Keep the Credit Card Competition Act far from the Senate floor
At the end of last year, Congress came together to pass the 2023 omnibus spending bill. It included funding for 105 New Hampshire-specific projects like our food banks, our public libraries, and our local emergency services.
Additionally, the billions in funding for housing assistance, nutrition access, childcare, and help with utility bills are a lifeline for folks struggling to keep up with inflation.
But sometimes what stays out of a bill is almost as important as what winds up in it. Some members were pushing to add the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA), which would have been disastrous for small businesses, their customers, and the local banks and credit unions that serve our communities.
Read more: Opinion: Keep the Credit Card Competition Act far from the Senate floor
LSU professor: Louisiana’s industrial emissions are an economic carbon capture opportunity
Photo source: h2thefuture.org
Carbon capture represents a significant economic opportunity for Louisiana, in part because the state already emits so much carbon dioxide, an LSU chemical engineering professor said Thursday.
“There’s a lot of byproduct CO2 that we just emit right now that if you had a way to sequester it here in Louisiana, it’s a pretty good situation economically,” said John Flake, the former chair of LSU’s chemical engineering department and a researcher with the H2theFuture “green” hydrogen initiative spearheaded by GNO Inc.
Flake made his remarks during a keynote presentation at TEC Next, a Baton Rouge industry technology and networking conference. The two-day event is hosted by the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and sponsored by ExxonMobil.
Read more: LSU professor: Louisiana’s industrial emissions are an economic carbon capture opportunity
Sen. Kennedy on Briefing of Those "Objects"
Firehouse BBQ is suing governor for damages
In 2020 Governor John Bel Edwards issued his emergency rules through the Department of Health, mandating folks wear masks indoors. Firehouse BBQ went toe-to-toe with the governor’s office over the masks and capacity limits, which held up in court after a judge let the business stay open. Fast-forward two and a half years later and the fight doesn’t end there.
“So, that’s what we’re trying to do. You know, get some kind of accountability to what happens in an emergency situation. Showing them, hey you can’t shut people’s businesses down, you can’t damage the public in this way. You have to have some kind of limits to it,” said the owner, Danielle Bunch.
Read more: Firehouse BBQ is suing governor for damages
