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Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) Announces 2024 Congressional Art Competition Winner

July 3, 2024

START, LOUISIANA - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow announced Laura Arnold as the winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition from the Fifth District of Louisiana.

Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) Introduces the Newborn Essentials Support Toolkit (NEST) Act

June 12, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow introduced the Newborn Essentials Support Toolkit (NEST) Act, along with co-lead Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08), and original cosponsors Congresswomen Marrianette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) and Nanette Barragan (CA-04).

Issues:Health

Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05), Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22), Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14) Introduce Connected MOM Act

May 23, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05), along with Congresswomen Frankel, Salazar, and Castor, co-introduced the Connected Maternal Online Monitoring (MOM) Act. This bill seeks to improve maternal and child health outcomes during both pregnancy and postpartum stages.

Issues:Health

Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) Introduce the Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act

May 16, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) and Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act. This bill will amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide increased and more flexible insurance coverage for farmers who have experienced crop quality loss.

Issues:Agriculture

Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH), & Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) Lead Bipartisan Resolution to Memorialize Officers Lost in the Line of Duty

May 15, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA) and Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS), along with Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), introduced a resolution which seeks to honor and memorialize law enforcement whose lives were lost in the line of duty.

Issues:Law Enforcement

Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) and Congressman Clay Higgins (LA-03) Introduce Legislation Condemning the Biden Border Crisis

May 13, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) and Congressman Clay Higgins (LA-03) introduced H.Res. 1210 which condemns the border crisis created by the Biden administration and his policies.

Issues:Law Enforcement

Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) Delivers on Her Promise To Provide Additional Relief to the Crawfish Industry

May 10, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Letlow announces that crawfish will be covered under the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program and the USDA Farm Service Agency will begin delivering relief for crawfish production losses suffered in 2023 and moving forward.

Issues:Agriculture

Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) Questions U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Vilsack During FY2025 Department of Agriculture Budget Hearing

March 22, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, during the House Appropriations Committee FY2025 Department of Agriculture Budget Hearing, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and discussed the steps his Department is taking to provide assistance to our agriculture industry.

Issues:Agriculture

Congresswoman Julia Letlow Announces Over $37 Million in Community Project Funding For the Fifth District and Hundreds of Millions in Funding for Louisiana

March 11, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) announced she secured $37.39 million in community project funding that will directly go back to the Fifth District of Louisiana. In addition, hundreds of millions in programmatic funding will benefit the State of Louisiana in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024.

Representative Letlow Announces Grant Funding for Central Louisiana Technical Community College’s Aviation Career and Education (CLTCC ACE) Initiative

March 11, 2024

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) announced a new grant for the Fifth District of Louisiana from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Issues:Education and Workforce Development