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Congresswoman Letlow has worked to lower health care costs and close gaps in rural health care. She voted for the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act and supported President Trump's efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse that keeps Medicaid for providing for the most vulnerable Louisianans. She has also championed the power of public-private partnershps to ensure that new moms have the resources to provide for their babies in the days after giving birth.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Julia Letlow has secured $5 million in funding signed into law by President Trump to increase support for new mothers and infants through the distribution of newborn supply kits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA) and Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA) introduced legislation aimed at increasing critical support for new mothers and infants through the distribution of newborn supply kits.
BATON ROUGE -- Woman's Hospital in Louisiana is now the sixth recipient in the state to distribute Maternal Health and Newborn Supply Kits.
These kits are part of the Maternal Health and Newborn Supply Kit program, a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Baby2Baby, a non-profit.
The kits can include diapers, wipes, formula, and breastfeeding pumps. The initiative launched two years ago targeting three states -- Arkansas, New Mexico, and Louisiana -- because of their poverty and maternal mortality rates.
START, LA - Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest more than $2.4 million in improving healthcare across Louisiana’s Fifth District. The funding is targeted to rural communities and will be dispersed through the USDA’s Rural Development Community Facilities Emergency Rural Health Care program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today issued the following statement on her meeting with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough to discuss the proposed closure of the Alexandria VA Hospital.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On a 376-47 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4738, The COVID-19 American History Project Act by Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05).
"This legislation is about healing and hope after the tremendous losses that our country experienced over the past two years," Letlow said. "It sends a clear message to the American people that we are finally moving past this pandemic."