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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcing new support programs for domestic fertilizer producers in light of current market conditions.
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This morning, Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) released the following statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
MONROE, LA – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today announced that the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) will invest more than $4 million in community projects across Louisiana’s Fifth District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today announced that she will be participating in an official visit to Israel this week with a group of congressional colleagues. Letlow and the delegation will be departing the United States later this morning and are set to return on Feb. 26.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week, urging the swift appointment of a State Executive Director (SED) for the Louisiana Farm Service Agency (FSA). The position, which oversees numerous USDA programs in the state, has been left vacant since the Biden Administration took office in January 2021.
In this week's Hot Seat, WDSU's Travers Mackel speaks with Rep. Julia Letlow on the one-year anniversary of her husband's death. Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 shortly after being elected to the 5th District seat representing Northeast and Central Louisiana. After his passing, his wife Julia ran, and won the seat, taking his place in Congress. Rep. Letlow spoke about his passing and raising two kids as a single parent while working for the people of Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today released a statement on the study requested by her office from the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University to analyze the impact of rapidly rising input prices on American farmers.
DELHI, LA– Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today announced that four students from Delhi Charter School in Richland Parish were selected as the winners of the Congressional App Challenge for Louisiana’s Fifth District.
MONROE, LA – Congresswoman Julia Letlow (LA-05) today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), asking Secretary Xavier Becerra to make monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments readily available to medical providers and centers in rural areas. Because of a policy instituted by HHS in September 2021, the federal government now controls all mAb distribution and no longer allows health care facilities to obtain the treatments directly from manufacturers.