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Vitter Helps Save Road Home Funds
July 23, 2010
Good news! Last night I helped save $400 Million in Road Home funds. The House, with Melancons support, removed $400 Million in vital funds from the Road Home program, while at the same time including over $23 BILLION in additional spending. I was able to remove the $400 Million Road Home cut Melancon voted for AND I was able to get the 23 Billion in extra spending Melancon and Pelosi stuck in the bill removed as well. These Road Home funds are also used to assist victims of toxic Chinese Drywall. Eliminating this funding was a terrible mistake, but I’m pleased we got it reinstated.
Comments (0)U.S. Senate Small Business Committee Hearing
July 22, 2010
Next Tuesday we’re having a U.S. Senate Small Business Committee hearing on the economic impacts of the ongoing federal drilling moratorium. I’ve sent a letter to President Obama urging him to send members of his administration. Our hearing would be an excellent opportunity for his senior advisors to hear first-hand the actual ‘on-the-ground’ effects that his moratorium is having on local economies and Louisiana families.
Comments (0)My op-ed on the Obama moratorium
July 20, 2010
The Obama moratorium could prove to be more devastating than the spill itself. Last week, I introduced a bill that would lift Obama’s newest moratorium. My bill will speed up the permitting process and make definitive decisions on issuing permits once a company has complied with the new safety and inspection requirements. Read my article in The Hill here.
Comments (0)Melancon’s Liberal Washington Ties – Hillary Clinton is Latest
(Metairie, La.) – Charlie Melancon gives speech after speech about being independent, but liberal connection after liberal connection keeps surfacing. The latest – Hillary Clinton.
Melancon is now buying email addresses from Hilary Clinton. On his financial report that he filed with the Federal Election Commission*, Melancon purchased the Hilary Clinton for President email list.
“Recently Melancon was whining** about having Washington liberals around his neck as albatrosses,” said Luke Bolar, spokesman for David Vitter for U.S. Senate. “With all of his close ties to the Washington liberal establishment and his nearly perfect voting record with Nancy Pelosi and President Obama, Melancon should call his close friends something nicer than albatrosses.”
*www.fec.gov
**‘“Melancon has complained… that Vitter is “trying to put other people in my party around my neck” as albatrosses.” (Alexandria Town Talk, July 12, 2010)
Comments (0)FOX News Interview on Illegal Immigration
July 19, 2010
Check out my interview with FOX News on my amendment with Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) that will block any federal funding for lawsuits against Arizona over their new immigration law.
Comments (0)Protecting Michoud and Louisiana Job
July 16, 2010
As the top Republican on the NASA space subcommittee, I helped secure key provisions in a bill to protect hundreds of jobs and ensure Michoud’s continued viability in the future. This is great news for Louisiana. My opponent, who ran from responsibility and literally quit the space committee in the House where he could have fought this job loss. The difference between me and my opponent couldn’t be clearer, I will protect jobs, Melancon will not.
Comments (0)Another moratorium
July 13, 2010
The fact that the Obama Administration is still pushing their job-killing moratorium goes to show that he is ignoring the well-being of Louisiana. I will continue to fight everyday to stop this moratorium.
Comments OffCharlie Melancon’s “Canada First” Tour
July 12, 2010
Melancon was scheduled to meet with trial lawyers at an international fundraiser in Canada this weekend. Did he go?
(Metairie, La) – What do candidates for U.S. Senate do when they fail to gain support in the state they’re running? Some drop out, most get desperate, but it looks like Charlie Melancon came up with a new desperate strategy – ask Canada.
Did Charlie Melancon go to Canada to attend the Association of Trial Lawyers of America convention in Vancouver this weekend? This is the organization that is coaching fellow trial lawyers on how to get rich off the oil spill. The front page of their website has an oiled bird with a link to “learn more.”
“The ‘Canada First’ tour must not have sounded quite as nice for the Melancon campaign kick-off,” Luke Bolar, spokesman for David Vitter for U.S. Senate said. “It looks like Melancon went up to Canada to raise campaign contributions from trial lawyers who will be retiring off of Louisiana families. If that’s the case, I’m sure Melancon’s constituents want to know why he was meeting with trial lawyers in Canada instead of Louisianians first.”
In addition to Sen. David Vitter’s bill that eliminates all liability caps on BP for the oil spill, he recently introduced an amendment in a Senate Environment Committee hearing to cap attorney’s fees at five percent to make sure that Louisiana families get the money from their claims, not trial lawyers.
Comments OffCourt rules against moratorium
July 9, 2010
Obama’s request to restore the moratorium was shot down in appeals court yesterday. This is certainly welcome news, but the administration continues to dig their heels in. Their challenge goes to show that a radical political agenda is more important to Obama than what’s best for Louisiana’s economy and the safety of the Gulf. We all want to declare victory over Obama’s moratorium, but our fight must go on.
Comments OffMichoud
July 8, 2010
Spoke with many good folks at Michoud earlier today. I stressed the need to make sure NASA keeps its focus on human space exploration and not wasting time and money on outreach on cultural initiatives. I’ll keep fighting the Obama administration’s push to drastically reduce NASA’s role in space exploration, which could end many good paying jobs like those at Michoud.
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