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July 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Julia Letlow announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has designated the Ouachita River as a U.S. Marine Highway, further unlocking the 605-mile river’s potential to spur economic development in North Louisiana.

Issues:Economy
July 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Julia Letlow released the following statement on congressional passage of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

June 26, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow honored LSU's national champion baseball team on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

On Sunday LSU captured their eighth NCAA Division I baseball title, capping off a 53-win season with an undefeated College World Series run. Letlow's 5th Congressional District includes LSU's campus.

June 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congresswoman Julia Letlow has filed legislation to support American agricultural producers impacted by disruptions to the global trade market.

Issues:Agriculture
June 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-5) released the following statement regarding Saturday's U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear sites. 

June 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congresswoman Julia Letlow released the following statement on her vote in favor of cutting $9.4 billion in federal spending, implementing certain cuts identified by President Trump.

Issues:Economy
June 4, 2025

Congresswoman Julia Letlow announced Gabrielle Sibley, a junior at French Settlement High School in Livingston Parish, as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Louisiana’s 5th District.

Sibley’s sketch, “Viking,” features a pencil-drawn Viking woman whose gaze she described as having the resilience of a warrior. Sibley commented that the woman has “the same resilience we see in Louisiana’s residents after every storm and natural disaster.”

May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congresswoman Julia Letlow released the following statement on House passage of a budget reconciliation bill extending the Trump Tax Cuts and adding further tax relief.

Issues:Economy
May 15, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA) and Congresswoman Jill Tokuda(D-HI) are introducing legislation to better assist states in expanding learning opportunities for students through charter schools.

May 13, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Representatives Mike Ezell (MS-04), Julia Letlow (LA-05), and Troy Carter (LA-02) today introduced the Safer Shrimp Imports Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at tightening federal inspection standards for imported shrimp and protecting American consumers and domestic seafood producers.

Issues:Agriculture