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WASHINGTON, D.C. – With severe flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur disrupting farming operations, Congresswoman Julia Letlow isrequesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) declare an agricultural emergency for the State of Louisiana.
In a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, Letlow highlighted the significant impact of the flooding on Louisiana farmers and the need for assistance.
Rep. Julia Letlow (R., La.) is introducing legislation, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, that would allow teachers to spend more time educating students than on filling out paperwork.
Her latest bill, the Students Over Paperwork Act, continues her years of leadership in the education field. For years, Letlow worked Tulane University’s School of Medicine and at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and she currently serves on the House’s Committee on Education and the Workforce.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Congresswoman Julia Letlow filed legislation aimed at streamlining the process for Louisiana communities to apply for federal grants and access funding. The proposal would also create a transparent, publicly searchable database of all Department of Agriculture Rural Development grants.
For decades, Republican presidential candidates promised to dismantle the Department of Education.
President Trump didn’t just promise it; he kept his word and acted swiftly to break up the federal education bureaucracy.
Republican Louisiana Rep. Julia Letlow is calling on Senate Republicans to invoke the talking filibuster to get the SAVE America Act to President Donald Trump’s desk.
For too long, our country has accepted a health care system that spends trillions treating chronic disease while doing far too little to prevent it. We wait until people are sick, then ask families and taxpayers to bear the cost. That is not a serious long-term strategy, and it is not good enough for the American people.
As a mom, it also makes me angry.
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Congresswoman Julia Letlow has requested that Congress withhold her paycheck while the partial government shutdown continues.
”DHS employees are still working without pay due to political games from DC Democrats. I’ve requested that my own pay be withheld while many of America’s frontline workers suffer without a paycheck," Letlow wrote on “X,” formerly known as Twitter.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a resolution, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, that would designate March 24, 2026 as National Agriculture Day.
The resolution, which was introduced by Reps. Mark Alford (R., Mo.), Jim Costa (D., Calif.), and Adrian Smith (R., Neb.), also recognizes the importance of agriculture as one of America’s most important industries.
OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) — Rep. Julia Letlow has secured $6.6 million in Community Project Funding to support three major infrastructure projects across Ouachita Parish, targeting improvements to highways, storm drainage, and sewer systems in Monroe and West Monroe.
The funding, approved as part of the FY 2026 transportation bill signed into law Tuesday, includes three separate $2.2 million allocations:
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Congresswoman Julia Letlow secured $3.5 million in federal funds for Baton Rouge. The money will help build an advanced indoor water rescue center for first responders.
The funding is part of the FY 2026 transportation bill. Officials said it passed Congress this week and was signed into law by President Donald Trump.