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October 2006 Press Releases

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- Sen. Vitter’s Letter to Sen. John Kerry Regarding His Remarks About Our Troops in Iraq

September 2006 Press Releases

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29^th

- Vitter Comments on the Status of the OCS Legislation

27^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Scores Major Victory for Drug Reimportation |Audio|

20^th

- Vitter Named Conferee on WRDA Bill |Audio|

15^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Applauds the Passage of the SAFE Port Act

15^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter’s Port Security Amendment Creates Grant Opportunity for Port Fourchon

14^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Applauds Passage of Emergency Alert System Legislation

14^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter’s Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Act Passes Committee

6^th	- Vitter Reaffirms MR-GO Position to Corps of Engineers

August 2006 Press Releases

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15^th

- Vitter Asks Federal Government to Delay Gulf Lease Sale

11^th

- Vitter Again Calls on Blanco to Withdraw I-10 and I-12 Toll Proposal

10^th

- Vitter Statement on Terrorist Plots in U.K.

10^th

- Senator Vitter Writes Governor in Opposition to Tolls on I-10 and I-12

4^th	- Vitter Comments on the Senate’s Failure to Pass the Family Prosperity Act

1^st	- U.S. Sen. David Vitter Praises Passage of Senate Offshore Royalties Bill \|Video\| \|Audio\|

July 2006 Press Releases

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27^th

- U.S. Sen. David Vitter Praises Committee Passage of Small Business Administration Reforms

26^th

- Senator Vitter Comments on the Release of Corps Inundation Maps

26^th

- Senator Vitter Comments on Senate Vote to Begin Debate on Offshore Royalties |Audio|

24^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter to Host Women’s Forum in Shreveport

20^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Textron Marine and Land in Senate Appropriations Bill

20^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Education Technology Initiative in Senate Appropriations Bill

20^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Shreveport Robinson Film Center in Senate Appropriations Bill

20^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for UNO Media Project in Senate Appropriations Bill

20^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Greater Ouachita Port in Senate Appropriations Bill

20^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Stratus Systems in Senate Appropriations Bill

19^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Secures $204 Million for Port of Iberia |Video|

19^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter’s Corps Council in WRDA |Video|

19^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Ushers Comprehensive Hurricane, and Coastal Protection through Senate |Video|

19^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Comments on MRGO and WRDA Passage |Video|

19^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Secures an Additional $66 Million for East Baton Rouge Flood Control |Video|

19^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Secures $33.2 million for J. Bennett Johnston Red River Waterway |Video|

19^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Secures $841 Million for Morganza |Video|

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18^th

- Vitter Statement on U.S. Senate Stem Cell Vote |Video|

13^th

- Vitter Announces $1.75 Million to Convert Elmer’s Island for Public Use

13^th

- U.S. Senate Approves Vitter’s Legislation on Protecting the 2nd Amendment |Video| |Video|

13^th

- Vitter Announces $2.5 Million for Coastal Restoration Program

12^th

- Majority Leader, Gulf Coast States Announce Offshore Royalty Sharing |Audio|

11^th

- U.S. Senate Approves Vitter’s Amendment on Drug Reimportation

10^th

- Senator Vitter Comments on Corps Report

June 2006 Press Releases

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29^th

- Vitter Applauds Debris Removal Extension

29^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Hammond in Senate Interior & EPA Appropriations Bill

29^th

- Vitter Comments on OCS Revenue Sharing

29^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Jefferson Parish in Senate Interior & EPA Appropriations Bill

29^th

- Vitter Announces Funding for Natchitoches Area in Senate Interior & EPA Appropriations Bill

29^th

- Vitter Sends Letter to President Bush Concerning Corps of Engineers Efforts in Louisiana

29^th

- Vitter Announces $1.52 Million for Lake Pontchartrain Cleanup

28^th

- Vitter Amendment Will Aid First Responder Communications

23^rd

- Vitter Secures Authorization for $9.8 Million at Fort Polk

22^nd

- Vitter Announces Funding for Pennington Biomedical Research Center

22^nd

- Vitter Announces Funding for LSU Ag Center

22^nd

- Vitter Amendment Included in Senate Defense Authorization Bill

22^nd

- Vitter Announces Funding for North Louisiana Projects

22^nd

- Vitter Announces Funding for Agriculture Remediation

21^st

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Fisheries Act

15^th

- Vitter Announces Grant for Vermilion Parish Water Project

15^th

- Vitter Announces Final Passage of Hurricane Emergency Supplemental Bill

14^th

- Vitter Urges LRA to Overhaul Health Care System

13^th

- Vitter Gets Navy Commitment to Keep NSA West Bank Facility

9^th	- Vitter Announces House-Senate Agreement on Hurricane Emergency Supplemental Bill

8^th	- Vitter Statement on the Death of Al-Zarqawi

6^th	- Vitter Speaks In Support of the Federal Marriage Amendment

5^th	- Vitter Urges LRA to Consider Health Care Reform

May 2006 Press Releases

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26^th

- Vitter Announces Grant for St. Tammany Parish Water Project

26^th

- Vitter, Alexander Announce Columbia Fire Department Grant

26^th

- Vitter Announces Grant for Independence

26^th

- Vitter Announces Grant for St. Helena Parish

24^th

- Vitter Sends Letter to Frist and McConnell Regarding FBI Searching of Congressional Offices.

12^th

- Vitter Comments on Corps Announcement

11^th

- Vitter Bill to Permit Local Government Access to FEMA Databases |Audio|

10^th

- Vitter Bill to Reduce Federal Contracting Waste

9^th	- Vitter Bill Would Improve FEMA Temporary Housing

8^th	- Vitter Announces Grant for Hammond

5^th	- Vitter Announces $1.7 million for Houma Police Department

4^th	- Vitter Applauds Senate Passage of Hurricane Emergency Supplemental Bill \|Audio\|

2^nd	- Vitter Amendments Included in Hurricane Emergency Supplemental Bill

2^nd	- Vitter Announces Passage of Senate Amendment Containing $3.7 Billion for Hurricane Protection

April 2006 Press Releases

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28^th

- Vitter Announces $444,700 Grant for Webster Parish Water Project

28^th

- Vitter and Alexander Announce $394,350 Grant for East Carroll Water Project

28^th

- Vitter Announces $109,000 Grant for Caddo Sewerage District

28^th

- Vitter Announces $165,000 Grant for Allen Parish

28^th

- Vitter and Alexander Announce $204,100 Grant for Catahoula Parish Water Project

27^th

- Senator Vitter Statement on Replacing FEMA

26^th

- Vitter Statement on Border Security Amendments to the Hurricane Supplemental

11^th

- Senator Vitter Statement on Powell’s FEMA Flood Map Announcement

10^th

- Senator Vitter Delivers Remarks to Subcommittee Hearing on Hurricane Contracting

3^rd	- Vitter, Boustany Announce Powell Visit to SWLA

3^rd	- Vitter Requests Powell to Respond to Louisiana’s Concerns Immediately

March 2006 Press Releases

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31^st

- Senator Vitter Announces Hurricane Rita Resolution on Six Month Anniversary

30^th

- Senator Vitter Comments on Chairman Powell Briefing

15^th

- Vitter Introduces a New Avenue for Royalty Sharing

15^th

- Vitter Bill Would Create Council to Oversee Corps of Engineers

9^th	- Senator Vitter Presses Small Business Administration on Budget Request

8^th	- Vitter Comments on President’s Visit and Levee Needs

8^th	- Senator Vitter Comments on Offshore Royalties

3^rd	- Vitter Requests Powell Visit to Tour Rita Area

2^nd	- Vitter Statement on Katrina Video

1^st	- Vitter Meets with Pentagon Officials About B-52s

February 2006 Press Releases

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22^nd

- Senator Vitter Announces Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on the Security of U.S. Ports |Video|

17^th

- U.S. Sen. Vitter Joins Powell to Announce $4.2 Billion for Louisiana

17^th

- Senator Vitter Receives Assurance From FEMA Director to Resolve First Responder Housing Crisis

15^th

- Senator Vitter Delivers Remarks to Senate Banking Committee

14^th

- Vitter Working to Keep Housing for First Responders

8^th	- U.S. Senator David Vitter Statement on Levee Board Consolidation

6^th	- Senator Vitter Statement on Release of President’s Budget

1^st	- Vitter Introduces Legislation for Emergency Hurricane Protection Projects

January 2006 Press Releases

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31^st

- Senator Vitter’s Statement on Confirmation of Samuel Alito to U.S. Supreme Court |Video|

26^th

- Vitter Delivers Remarks on Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito to Senate |Video|

25^th

- Vitter Announces Sorrento Fire Department Grant

December 2005 Press Releases

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21^st

- Vitter Disappointed in Today's U.S. Senate Vote

21^st

- Vitter Comments on Hurricane Relief Funding |Video| |Video|

18^th

- Vitter Announces Major Funding to Protect Coastal Louisiana

16^th

- Vitter Announces Passage of Hurricane Rita Tax Bill

16^th

- Vitter Announces Passage of Hurricane Katrina Tax Bill

9^th	- Vitter and Local Business Leaders Call for Stronger and More Reliable Hurricane Protection

November 2005 Press Releases

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29^th

- Vitter Leads Federal Hurricane Recovery Coordinator On Tour of Rita Devastation

18^th

- Vitter Announces Nearly $21 Million for the City of New Orleans from Community Disaster Loan

18^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito Meeting

18^th

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of $18.5 Billion for Flood Insurance Claims

9^th	- Vitter Announces $1.38 Million FEMA Grant for Jefferson Parish Public Schools

9^th	- Vitter Announces $1.23 Million FEMA Grant for City of Hammond

8^th	- Vitter Announces $1 Million for Coastal Restoration Programs

8^th	- Vitter Announces $700,000 For District Attorney Early Intervention Program

8^th	- Vitter Secures $2 Million For Lake Pontchartrain Cleanup Efforts

8^th	- Vitter Announces $1 Million for Shreveport-Bossier

8^th	- Vitter Announces $250,000 To Fight Corruption in Louisiana

4^th	- U.S. Senate Provides Help for Hurricane Victims in Budget Reconciliation Bill

2^nd	- Sen. Vitter Delivers Remarks to Senate Committee

1^st	- Vitter Announces a $2.14 Million FEMA Grant for Hurricane Katrina

1^st	- U.S. Senator Vitter Statement on New Federal Reconstruction and Recovery Coordinator

October 2005 Press Releases

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31^st

- U.S. Senator Vitter Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito

27^th

- Vitter Announces New Opportunities for the National Finance Center

27^th

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Bill To Speed FEMA Disaster Relief

27^th

- Vitter Announces $1.58 Million for Pennington Biomedical Research Center

26^th

- Vitter Announces a $10.47 Million FEMA Grant for Hurricane Katrina

26^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers Meeting

25^th

- Community Disaster Loans Approved by Louisiana Bond Commission

21^st

- Vitter Announces Nearly $23 Million in FEMA Grants for Hurricane Katrina

20^th

- Vitter Announces $200 Million for Coastal Restoration Efforts in Commerce Bill

18^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers

18^th

- Vitter Secures Federal Commitment for Hurricane Protection

11^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Hopeful About BRAC Announcement

11^th

- Vitter Delivers Remarks to Senate Committee

11^th

- Vitter, McCrery Announce $200 Million for I-49 North

6^th	- Vitter Introduces Specific Hurricane Katrina

September 2005 Press Releases

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30^th

- Vitter, Business Leaders Focused on Returning Jobs to Louisiana

30^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter to Unveil Legislation to Help Restore Louisiana’s Coast

13^th

- Vitter Delivers Hurricane Katrina Remarks to Senate

9^th	- Vitter Bill Keeps Federal Courts Operating

6^th	- Vitter Statement on Long Term Economic Recovery from Hurricane Katrina

2^nd	- Vitter Issues Statement on United Way in Northeast Louisiana

1^st	- Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund Established

August 2005 Press Releases

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29^th

- Vitter Issues Statement on Hurricane Katrina

24^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Calls BRAC Vote Win for Louisiana

19^th

- Vitter, Regional Leaders Meet On N.O. Airport

16^th

- Vitter Applauds Passage of Bill to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse

12^th

- Vitter, McCrery Announce $200 Million for I-49 North

9^th	- Vitter Announces $60 Million for LA 1

8^th	- U.S. Sen. Vitter Applauds Signing of Energy Bill

July 2005 Press Releases

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29^th

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Interior Appropriations, Funding for Tensas River NWR

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- Vitter Announces $400,000 for Shreveport Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements

29^th

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Interior Appropriations, Funding for Lake Pontchartrain

29^th

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Interior Appropriations, Funding for Natchitoches Area

28^th

- Vitter, Boustany Obtain $1 Million Grant for Lake Charles Wastewater Treatment Plant

28^th

- U.S. Sen. Vitter Introduces Bill to Protect Free Trade in Prescription Drugs

27^th

- U.S. Sen. Vitter Testifies Before Senate Committee on Indian Gambling Legislation

26^th

- Vitter Announces $1 Million in Funding for Greater Ouachita Port

26^th

- Vitter Announces $750,000 in Funding for Lafayette

25^th

- Vitter Says CAFTA Fight “Tough and Ugly”

22^nd

- Vitter Continues Push for Regional Governance at New Orleans Airport

21^st

- U.S. Sen. Vitter Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Railroad Safety Legislation

21^st

- Vitter Announces $60,425 in Funding for Monroe Regional Airport

21^st

- Vitter Announces Funding for Fort Polk in Military Construction Appropriations Bill

21^st

- Vitter Announces $250,000 for Lamar Dixon Exposition Center

21^st

- Vitter Announces Funding for Joint Reserve Base/Naval Air Station at Belle Chasse

21^st

- Vitter Announces Funding for Barksdale in Military Construction Appropriations Bill

21^st

- U.S. Sen. Vitter to Introduce Hurricane Hospital Bill

21^st

- Vitter Announces $250,000 for Alexandria Riverfront Development

20^th

- Senator Vitter Statement on Supreme Court Nomination of John Roberts

19^th

- Vitter Statement on Fox McKeithen

13^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Announces $1 Million Grant for Town of Henderson

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations, Funding for Ouachita-Black River

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations, Funding for Bossier Parish

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations, Funding for Water Projects

1^st	- Vitter Applauds Senate Passage of Confirmation for U.S. Attorney

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations, Funding for Calcasieu River

1^st	- Senator Vitter Statement on the Supreme Court Vacancy

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations, Funding for Livingston Parish

1^st	- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Energy and Water Appropriations, Funding for Shreveport-Bossier

June 2005 Press Releases

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- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Interior Appropriations, Funding for Tensas River NWR

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- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Interior Appropriations, Funding for Natchitoches Area

30^th

- Vitter Statement Against CAFTA

30^th

- Vitter Applauds Committee Passage of Nomination for U.S. Attorney

30^th

- Vitter Announces Senate Passage of Interior Appropriations, Funding for Lake Pontchartrain

27^th

- Vitter, Regional Leaders Engage Nagin On Airport

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $295,000 for Dairy Waste Remediation

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $300,000 for Termite Research

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $750,000 for Seafood Inspections

23^rd

- Vitter Announces Funding for LSU Research in Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $250,000 for Union-Lincoln Regional Water Conservation Project

23^rd

- Vitter Announces New Opportunities for the National Finance Center

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $1.78 Million for Pennington Biomedical Research Center

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $2 Million for Lake Pontchartrain Cleanup Efforts

23^rd

- Vitter Working to Advance Grand Isle Mutliplex Center

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $4.25 Million for Sugarcane Research, Laboratory

23^rd

- Vitter Working to Advance Lafourche Regional Agriculture Center

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $250,000 for Dietary Research

23^rd

- Vitter Announces $1.56 Million for Coastal Restoration Programs

22^nd

- Vitter, Alexander Announce $800,801 for Monroe Transit Needs

22^nd

- Vitter Statement on LNG Amendment

16^th

- Vitter Announces $28.7 Million for Shreveport-Bossier Area Projects

16^th

- Vitter Announces $25.3 Million for Louisiana’s Coast and Houma Navigation Canal

2^nd	- Vitter Nominates Monroe Women for Business Leadership Summitt

May 2005 Press Releases

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26^th

- Momentum Gaining for Senator Vitter’s Drug Reimportation Legislation

26^th

- Vitter Statement on Senate Energy Bill

23^rd

- U.S. Senator Vitter Joins CAFTA Action Caucus

20^th

- Pearl River Locks to Remain Open Past June 30

20^th

- Vitter Expresses Concern About Judicial Nomination and Confirmation Process

19^th

- Vitter Supports Senate Vote on Judicial Nominees

17^th

- Vitter Statement on Senate Highway Bill

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- Vitter Comments on Nagin’s Airport Proposal

13^th

- BRAC List Includes One New Orleans Base

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- BRAC Good News for Fort Polk

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- No BRAC Reductions at Barksdale

13^th

- Vitter Applauds Nomination for U.S. Attorney

9^th	- Vitter Comments on NASA Selection of Stennis Space Center for Shared Services Center

4^th	- U.S. Senator David Vitter Advances In Fight Against Corruption and Cronyism

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13^th

- Lafourche and Terrebonne to Benefit from Senate Water Bill

13^th

- Coastal Restoration Authorization Passes Senate Committee

6^th	- Vitter Secures Authorization for Louisiana Coastal Restoration Efforts

March 2005 Press Releases

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24^th

- Vitter Announces $1.48 million for I-49 North

17^th

- Vitter Has First Legislative Victory in Senate

February 2005 Press Releases

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16^th

- U.S. Senator David Vitter Announces $950,000 Grant for the Hammond Municipal Airport

15^th

- Vitter, Alexander Announce $4.2 Million in Grants for Alexandria International Airport

11^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter Meets with Agriculture Secretary

3^rd	- U.S. Senator Vitter Unveils New Social Security “Lock Box” Legislation

January 2005 Press Releases

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26^th

- U.S. Senator Vitter unveils new bipartisan, bicameral drug reimportation legislation

4^th	- Vitter Sworn In As U.S. Senator