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114th Congress

• Boustany Announces FEMA Funding for Saint Mary Levee District

  November 2, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced $25,887,261 in grant funding for the state of Louisiana. Specifically, $3,522,954 will be awarded to the Saint Mary Levee District to provide emergency reinforcement and protection to levees and other infrastructure in the wake of the flooding event that began on December 28, 2015.

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• Boustany Issues Statement on Rising Healthcare Costs in Louisiana

  November 2, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after receiving notification that Louisiana residents will experience a 20 percent increase in healthcare premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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• Boustany Demands EPA Use Sound Science

  November 2, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing concerns about incorrect data and methodological errors being utilized in a recent risk assessment for the herbicide atrazine. Making a decision based on wrong information not only hurts the credibility of the EPA, but will have a detrimental impact on Louisiana sugarcane, corn, and sorghum farmers.

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• Boustany Congratulates CenturyLink on Level 3 Acquisition

  October 31, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) congratulated Louisiana-based CenturyLink after the company reached an agreement to buy Level 3 Communications Inc. for approximately $25 billion.

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• Boustany Supports Governor's Appeal to Increase Flood Assistance

  October 31, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after Governor Edwards' Administration sent a letter to President Obama appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) denial of an increase in the federal cost-share of disaster assistance to 90% for the flooding event of March 2016.

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• Boustany Tours Soon to Open Lafayette VA Clinic

  October 27, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement this afternoon after touring the new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) that will provide enhanced health care services to veterans in Lafayette and surrounding communities. Boustany secured authorization for the clinic, as well as a CBOC in Lake Charles, as part of landmark VA reform legislation, the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (VACAA) of 2014.

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• Boustany on Affordable Care Act Premium Increases: "This law is not sustainable"

  October 25, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration's confirmation of another year of double-digit premium hikes.

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• Boustany Statement on 30th Anniversary of the Tax Reform Act of 1986

  October 22, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement on the 30th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's signing of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the largest federal tax overhaul in United States history.

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• Boustany Requests Delay in Burdensome FEMA Flood Risk Rule

  October 17, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) joined his House colleagues in sending a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate requesting a delay in implementation of the proposed Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) to allow for extended public comment and address flaws with the rule.

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• Boustany Announces Disaster Recovery Funding for Louisiana Communities

  October 14, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $437,800,000 to the State of Louisiana for communities that experienced significant damage in recent flooding. The funds are provided through HUD's Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program.

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• Boustany Commends Commissioner Mike Strain for Agricultural Trade MOU with Cuba

  October 12, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to conduct agricultural trade with Cuba.

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• Boustany Slams Slavitt for Obamacare Twitter Rant

  October 12, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Slavitt's recent Twitter comments regarding the ObamaCare-created program, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

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• Boustany Introduces Legislation to Protect Louisiana Oil and Gas Against Legacy Lawsuits

  October 11, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after introducing the Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act, which will prevent trial lawyers from venue-shopping for legacy lawsuit litigation.

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• Boustany Supports Transparency in Destructive BSEE Rule

  October 6, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement in support of the National Ocean Industries Association's (NOIA) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information about new cost estimates from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) for the decommissioning of platforms and plugging of wells in the Gulf of Mexico.

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• Boustany Demands Swift Disbursement of Disaster Relief Funds

  October 6, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) joined the Louisiana congressional delegation in sending a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro urging immediate distribution of recently appropriated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to help Louisiana flood recovery efforts.

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• Boustany Awarded for Legislative Excellence by NAM

  October 6, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) received the National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence.

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• Boustany Announces FEMA Funding to Repair Flood-Damaged Homes

  October 3, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced $128,516,850 in federal funding for the Shelter At Home (SAH) Program. The program provides temporary relief to families whose homes were damaged by the recent floods by making occupied residences habitable enough to be used as a shelter.

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• Boustany Introduces Legislation to Extend Alternative Fuel Tax Credit

  October 3, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after introducing H.R.6228 that would extend a tax credit for the sale of alternative fuels, including propane.

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• Boustany Demands U.S. Remain in Control of Internet

  September 30, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after signing a letter with 86 of his House colleagues insisting that the United States maintain its current role in internet domain system functions.

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• Boustany Announces RESTORE Act Funding to Reinforce Louisiana's Coastline

  September 30, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council announced that they will award a project grant totaling $7,259,216 to Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Act. The primary objective of the project is to address Gulf shoreline erosion and replenish storm surge protection by building an enhanced dune and back barrier marsh habitat in Jefferson Parish.

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• Boustany Votes to Protect Small Businesses from Overtime Rule

  September 29, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 6094, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act, a bill to require a six-month delay in the effective date of the Department of Labor's new overtime rule. Without congressional action, drastic changes to federal overtime policies will take effect December 1, 2016, resulting in harmful consequences for workers, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, as well as colleges and universities. Dr. Boustany is a cosponsor of the legislation.

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• Boustany Supports $500 Million in Disaster Assistance for Historic Louisiana Floods

  September 28, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5325, the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and Zika Response and Preparedness Act. This Continuing Resolution (CR) provides funding for the federal government through December 9, 2016. The CR includes $500 million in Community Development Block Grants (CBDG) for states to help families and communities recover from recent flooding events. The bill passed the House by a vote of 342 – 85.

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• Boustany Supports Storm Protection and Coastal Restoration for Louisiana

  September 28, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 (H.R. 5303). This vital legislation authorizes United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) projects and activities to improve maritime infrastructure, support specific flood protection projects, and continue coastal restoration efforts in Louisiana. WRDA has passed the House by a vote of 399 – 25. The bill now heads to conference with S. 2848, which cleared the Senate by a vote of 95 – 3 earlier this month.

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• Boustany Votes To Override Veto of Legislation For 9/11 Victims

  September 28, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after voting to override President Obama's veto of S.2040, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which allows victims and families of victims of terror attacks to sue foreign states that support acts of terrorism on American soil.

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• Boustany Supports Protecting Individuals From Obamacare Penalties

  September 27, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 954, the CO-OP Consumer Protection Act, to provide relief from Obamacare's individual mandate penalties for individuals whose healthcare plans were purchased through Louisiana's failed insurance cooperative and terminated mid-year.

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• Boustany Grills CBP Commissioner on Delayed Payments Owed to Louisiana Crawfish Producers

  September 27, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) participated in a House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee hearing on the Effective Enforcement of U.S. Trade laws. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske provided testimony on the implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, which includes Boustany's PROTECT Act.

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• Boustany Offers Amendment Authorizing Federal Investment to Protect Louisiana's Coastline

  September 27, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) offered an amendment in the House Rules Committee to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016 (H.R. 5303) that would include language authorizing the signed Chief's Report from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study.

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• Boustany to Host Service Academy Day with Sens. Vitter and Cassidy

  September 23, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) will host a Service Academy Day in Lafayette Saturday with Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-LA).

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• Boustany Announces Emergency Disaster Assistance for Lafayette and Baton Rouge

  September 23, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $13 million in disaster assistance funding for Lafayette and Baton Rouge under the Declared Disaster Recovery Fund.

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• Boustany Introduces Legislation to Provide Tax Relief for Flood Victims

  September 22, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) introduced the Louisiana Flood and Storm Devastation Tax Relief Act of 2016 to provide victims of severe storms and flooding with tax relief as they recover from damage to their home and property.

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• Boustany Announces Funding for Acadiana Regional Airport

  September 21, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $90,000 in funding for the widening of the taxiway at Acadiana Regional Airport. The taxiway widening will assist in accommodating larger aircraft in compliance with FAA design standards.

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• Boustany Announces Funding for Lafayette Regional Airport

  September 21, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $13,026,644 in federal funding to improve the runway safety area at Lafayette Regional Airport.

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• Boustany Joins Effort To Stop Synthetic Drugs From Crossing Our Borders

  September 16, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention Act of 2016, or STOP Act, was introduced by Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Congressman Richard E. Neal (D-MA). Dr. Boustany is an original cosponsor of this legislation.

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• Boustany Applauds Senate for Moving Water Resources Bill Forward

  September 15, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the United States Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, S. 2848, which includes language authorizing the signed Chief's Report from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study. Following news of the signed Chief's Report in July 2016, Dr. Boustany wrote to Senate and House Committee leaders urging they include language authorizing the Chief's Report in their respective versions of the 2016 WRDA bill.

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• Boustany Votes to Prevent Transfer of GITMO Detainees

  September 15, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5351, a bill to prohibit the transfer of any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO) until enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2017.

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• Boustany Supports Firing Underperforming VA Bureaucrats

  September 15, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) voted in support of H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016. This legislation establishes key reforms aimed at addressing the notorious lack of performance accountability and rising appeals backlog within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill passed the House 310-116.

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• Boustany Passes Amendment Stopping Washington's Regulatory War

  September 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) offered an amendment to the Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016 (H.R. 5226) requiring the Administration make the data collected and the formula used for all Regulatory Impact Analysis or similar cost-benefit analysis public.

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• Boustany Receives NFIB Small Business Award

  September 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after receiving the National Federation of Independent Business' (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business Award for consistently voting to protect small businesses.

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• Boustany Votes To Increase Support and Protection Efforts For Israel

  September 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.Res. 729 urging the finalization of a new and more vigorous Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Israel.

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• Boustany Protects Seniors and Middle Class Americans from Obamacare Tax Hikes

  September 13, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of the Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act, H.R. 3590, that protects Americans from another harmful tax increase mandated by Obamacare. The legislation passed the House 261-147.

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• Boustany Requests Emergency Funding for Louisiana Flooding

  September 12, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after signing a Louisiana delegation letter to President Obama urging him to submit an appropriations request to Congress for additional disaster relief following the catastrophic flooding events in Louisiana in March and August of 2016. To facilitate and expedite consideration of a Louisiana aid package, the President must submit a supplemental appropriations request to Congress.

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• Boustany Tours Flood Damage on Congressional Delegation Trip with Garret Graves, Out-of-State Members

  September 10, 2016

  (Baton Rouge, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) helped lead a congressional delegation trip with Representative Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) to Baton Rouge yesterday. The trip included several of the Louisiana congressmen's out-of-state colleagues to tour flood-damaged areas in Baton Rouge.

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• Boustany Renews Call for Southwest Coastal Study's Authorization Following Historic Flooding

  September 9, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after sending follow-up correspondence to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, again urging Committee leadership to include the signed Chief's Report for the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016. The favorable Chief's Report recommends over $3 billion in storm surge risk reduction and coastal restoration projects in Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermilion Parishes.

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• Boustany Applauds 90:10 Cost-Share Ratio for Flood Relief

  September 9, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after a waiver was granted for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to change the federal cost-share reimbursement ratio for the state of Louisiana's flood recovery. When a Major Disaster Declaration is initially provided, a cost-share ratio of 75 percent federal, 25 percent state and local is immediately placed into effect. The President's waiver grants a cost-share ratio of 90 percent federal, 10 percent state and local.

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• Boustany: Eight Additional Parishes Receive Federal Disaster Declaration

  September 2, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued an amended federal disaster declaration. FEMA has added St. James and West Baton Rouge Parishes to the Individual Assistance designated parishes, and Assumption, Cameron, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and West Baton Rouge Parishes to the Public Assistance designated areas for the Severe Storms and Flooding beginning on August 11, 2016.

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• Boustany Announces FEMA Funding for Crisis Counseling

  September 2, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced $6,807,550.69 in federal grant funding to provide crisis counseling for Louisiana in the wake of the recent flooding.

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• Boustany Announces Funding to Prevent Veteran Homelessness

  September 1, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded $5,701,387 in grant funding to five Louisiana organizations under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program.

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• Boustany Announces Funding for Lafayette Regional Airport

  August 30, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a grant award of $2,235,985 to Lafayette Regional Airport to implement noise mitigation measures for residences experiencing significant noise near the airport.

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• Boustany Statement on Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

  August 29, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement on the eleventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The costliest natural disaster in United States history, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in South Louisiana on August 29th, 2005.

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• Boustany Receives Spirit of Enterprise Award

  August 26, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement upon receiving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Spirit of Enterprise Award honoring members of Congress for their commitment to pro-growth, pro-jobs policies during the 114th Congress.

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• Boustany Statement on President Obama's Visit to Louisiana

  August 23, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement upon the President's arrival in Louisiana to view the aftermath of last week's flooding.

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• Boustany Opens Satellite Offices to Aid Residents' Recovery Efforts

  August 19, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) will hold mobile office hours in flood-affected areas of the Third Congressional District every weekday beginning August 22 until further notice.

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• Boustany Announces Funding to Repair Flood-Damaged Highways

  August 19, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded $2,000,000 to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for the emergency repair of roads and bridges that have sustained serious damage as a result of recent flooding.

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• Boustany: Disaster Declarations for Jeff Davis, St. Martin, Others Added

  August 16, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a federal disaster declaration for the following parishes: Avoyelles, Evangeline, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Washington, and East Feliciana.

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• Boustany: Additional Disaster Declarations Granted

  August 16, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a federal disaster declaration for the following parishes: Acadia, Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberia, Lafayette, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, and Vermillion.

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• Boustany Requests Disaster Declaration for Additional Parishes

  August 15, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) sent a letter urging the President to issue a Major Disaster Presidential Declaration for Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Cameron, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Washington, and West Feliciana parishes. Currently, only East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes have received a federal disaster declaration.

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• Boustany's RADAR Act Vital for South Louisiana

  August 10, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after a WAFB-TV Baton Rouge report demonstrated South Louisiana was left without adequate radar coverage during severe weather on Thursday, August 4th.

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• Boustany Applauds Selection of Port of New Orleans CEO for Eugene J. Schreiber Award

  August 8, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after receiving notice that Port of New Orleans CEO Gary LaGrange will receive this year's Eugene J. Schreiber Award.

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• Boustany Announces Funding for Lake Charles Regional Airport

  August 8, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $1,199,552 to Lake Charles Regional Airport to rehabilitate taxiway lighting.

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• Boustany Congratulates Louisiana Olympians

  August 5, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement congratulating the three Louisianians who will represent the United States at the Olympic Summer Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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• Boustany Announces Chief's Report Recommending Over $3 Billion in Coastal Restoration Projects for Louisiana

  August 4, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) received a favorable Chief's Report from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study. The report recommends over $3 billion in projects to reinforce, rebuild and protect the coastal communities of Calcasieu, Cameron and Vermilion Parishes from future hurricane and storm surge destruction.

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• Boustany Calls on Bureau of Land Management to Stop Burdensome Methane Regulations

  July 28, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after signing a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, expressing opposition to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) issuance of new, duplicative, and burdensome methane regulations.

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• Boustany: BSEE Must Not Implement Well Control Rule

  July 27, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after receiving a response from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) that the agency plans to move forward with implementation of the Well Control Rule, despite outstanding questions and concerns from industry experts.

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• Boustany Amendments to Protect Oil and Gas From Regulatory Overreach Pass the House

  July 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 5538, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017. The bill includes two critical amendments offered by Boustany that will protect the oil and gas industry from damaging new regulations.

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• Boustany Votes to Stop Government Abortion Mandates

  July 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of the Conscience Protection Act, S. 304, in the House of Representatives. This bill strengthens civil rights protections for health care providers wishing to abstain from performing or participating in abortions. Boustany is a co-sponsor of this legislation.

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• Boustany Announces Funding for Chennault Airport Runway Rehabilitation

  July 13, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $1,381,970 to Chennault International Airport for runway rehabilitation.

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• Boustany Votes to Restore Separation of Powers

  July 12, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after voting in support of the Separation of Powers Restoration Act, H.R. 4768, on the House floor.

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• Boustany Thanks Baton Rouge Law Enforcement

  July 12, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge reported federal Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agents partnered with local law enforcement to make a series of arrests thwarting a planned attack on police officers at protests over the death of Alton Sterling.

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• Boustany: Protect Louisiana Families from Obamacare

  July 12, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the rising cost of health insurance premiums.

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• Boustany Votes to Provide Safe and Reliable Aviation for Louisiana

  July 12, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the House of Representatives unanimously passed H. Res. 818, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016.

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• Boustany Demands Further Explanation from FBI Director Comey

  July 12, 2016

  (Washington, D.C.) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after signing a letter with over 150 of his House colleagues in response to FBI Director James Comey's decision to not recommend Secretary Clinton's case for prosecution for her failure to safeguard classified national security information.

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• Boustany Announces Funding for New Welding Training Center in Saint Mary Parish

  July 7, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $1,040,000 to South Central Louisiana Technical College.

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• Boustany Votes to Protect Families and Seniors From the Worst Effects of Obamacare

  July 6, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 1270, the Restoring Access to Medication Act. Boustany is a cosponsor of the bill.

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• Boustany Announces Funding to Expand I-10 Corridor

  July 6, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT) Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program, also known as FASTLANE, will award $60,000,000 to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) as part of the I-10 Freight Corridor Rehabilitation and Expansion (CoRE) project. Boustany led a letter of support for DOTD's grant application with the entire Louisiana Congressional delegation in April 2016.

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• Boustany Statement on Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel

  July 4, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement on the news of Elie Wiesel's passing.

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• Boustany Announces Head Start Program Funding for Acadia Parish

  June 28, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families has awarded $2,595,559 to the Acadia Parish School Board to support the Head Start program.

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• Boustany Responds to Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling

  June 27, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after reading the decision of the Supreme Court to strike down two Texas laws requiring abortion clinics to have admitting rights to a nearby hospital, as well as hold these clinics to the same standards as outpatient facilities.

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• Boustany Demands BSEE Stop the Implementation of the Well Control Rule

  June 27, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) spearheaded a letter to the Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE) demanding that they delay implementation of the Well Control Rule until questions from industry are answered and language in the final rule be clarified.

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• Boustany Announces New Funding for Head Start Program

  June 24, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families has awarded $3,698,218 to the Calcasieu Parish School Board to support the Head Start program.

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• Boustany Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Constitution, Stopping Executive Amnesty

  June 23, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's ruling that denied the President's executive actions to expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and to create the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program.

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• Boustany Leads Letter Demanding VA Withdraw Coverage for Gender Alteration

  June 23, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) led a letter with 30 House signatories to Robert McDonald, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, demanding the agency withdraw a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) signaling the VA's intent to begin covering gender alteration surgeries.

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• Boustany Votes to Override Obama Veto, Protect Retirement Security for American Families

  June 23, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after supporting the override of the President's veto of a Boustany resolution, H.J. Res. 88 that would block implementation of the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule.

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• Boustany, Roskam Fight Terror with New Tax Legislation Targeting Iran

  June 22, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) and Representative Peter J. Roskam (R-IL), Chairmen of the Ways & Means Subcommittees on Tax Policy and Oversight respectively, introduced legislation to strengthen our tax code and protect our national security.

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• Boustany's Small Business Healthcare Relief Act Unanimously Passes House

  June 21, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after his Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 5447) was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives. This legislation rolls back Treasury Department guidance issued under the authority of the Affordable Care Act prohibiting small businesses from using Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).

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• Boustany's Small Business Healthcare Relief Act Passes Committee, Sent to House Floor

  June 15, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee passed his Small Business Healthcare Relief Act (H.R. 5447) introduced with Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA). This bipartisan legislation rolls back Treasury Department guidance issued under the authority of the Affordable Care Act prohibiting the use of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).

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• Boustany Continues Fight against IRS Overreach

  June 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage H.R. 5053, the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act introduced by Representative Peter Roskam (R-IL). The bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include the name, address, or other identifying information of any contributor in annual returns.

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• Boustany Advocates for Louisiana Rice Exports to Cuba in Hearing

  June 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) participated in a House Ways & Means Committee hearing on "Expanding U.S. Agriculture Trade and Eliminating Barriers to U.S. Exports." In the hearing, Boustany questioned witnesses on the potential benefits for American agriculture, particularly the rice industry, if the trade embargo with Cuba is lifted.

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• Boustany Bill Opposing Obama's Oil Tax Passes House

  June 10, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed his bill, H.Con.Res. 112, opposing President Obama's proposed $10.25 tax on every barrel of oil. The bill passed 253-144.

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• Boustany Opposes Carbon Tax on House Floor

  June 10, 2016

  This morning, Dr. Boustany spoke on the House floor in support of H.Con.Res. 89, a resolution introduced by Rep. Scalise (R-LA) expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to American families and businesses.

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• Boustany Supports Practical Ozone Policy

  June 8, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act authored by Representative Pete Olson (R-TX).

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• Boustany Applauds Supreme Court's Ruling In Favor of Louisiana Land Owners

  May 31, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) - Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement upon receiving notice of the Supreme Court's ruling that the determination of protected lands by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is open to judicial review.

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• Boustany Announces Grant Funding for Louisiana Severe Weather Preparation

  May 26, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced four separate grants totaling $6,275,681 for South Louisiana storm preparation.

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• Boustany Introduces FACT Act Reforming Broken Regulatory Process

  May 26, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) introduced H.R. 5328, the Federal Agency Complete Transparency (FACT) Act, to curb regulatory overreach by federal agencies.

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• Boustany Votes to Streamline the LNG Permitting Process

  May 25, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after voting in support of the House Amendment to S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016.

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• Boustany Supports Chemical Safety and Economic Growth

  May 24, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of the House Amendment to the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

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• Boustany Announces Emergency Funding for South Louisiana

  May 23, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated $1,957,953 in funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) for the State of Louisiana.

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• Boustany Offers Amendment Blocking Bonuses for Underperforming VA Bureaucrats

  May 19, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) offered an amendment to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for FY2017 blocking bonuses for VA emergency medical care claims staff until the VA can demonstrate it is paying 90% of claims in 30 days or less.

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• Boustany on Overtime Rule: "Obama's Demotion Rule"

  May 18, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) issued a finalized rule redefining the threshold for overtime pay from the current level of $23,660 annually to $47,475 annually. Additionally, the rule would create a link between the 40th percentile of earnings for salaried workers in the lowest-wage region and the threshold for overtime pay, meaning this level will likely increase moving forward.

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• Boustany Stands with Israel on Golan Heights Issue

  May 18, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations (UN) Security Council's meddling in negotiations between Israel and Syria over the Golan Heights is a gross overreach, and that the Golan Heights should stay under Israeli control.

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• Boustany Highlights Common-Sense Healthcare Solutions in Subcommittee Hearing

  May 17, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) testified at a Ways & Means Health Subcommittee hearing urging committee action on three common-sense healthcare reform bills Boustany authored.

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• Boustany Announces New Healthcare Grant Funding for Southwest Louisiana

  May 16, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $4,304,110 Health Center Cluster Grant to the SWLA Center for Health Services to fund community health centers in Southwest Louisiana.

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• Boustany Announces Hurricane Grant Funding for Vermilion Parish

  May 16, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a $2,223,620 grant to provide flood protection for Vermilion Parish.

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• Boustany Applauds Court Ruling on Illegal ObamaCare Funding

  May 12, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after a federal court ruled that the Obama Administration has been illegally funding ObamaCare using funds not appropriated by Congress.

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• Boustany Bill Improving Employment Outcomes for Welfare Recipients Considered by Committee

  May 11, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued a statement after his bill, the Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act (H.R. 2952), was considered in markup by the full Ways & Means Committee. The bill will be voted on by full the committee at the next committee markup.

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• Boustany Announces New Grant Funding for Rural Louisiana Health Centers

  May 9, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $4,305,784 Health Center Cluster Grant to Teche Action Board, Inc., headquartered in Franklin, Louisiana. The grant program provides funding for community health centers in rural and underserved areas.

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• Price, Shimkus, Boustany Lead Bipartisan Letter to Prevent Administration's Medicare Experiment

  May 2, 2016

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee Member and Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Member John Shimkus (R-IL), and House Ways and Means Committee Member Charles Boustany Jr, M.D. (R-LA) spearheaded a letter sent today demanding Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt to withdraw the Administration's proposed Part B Drug Payment Model.

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• Boustany Introduces RADAR Act Improving Storm Detection

  April 29, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) introduced the Reducing America's Destructive Atmospheric Risks (RADAR) Act to increase Doppler weather radar coverage, giving citizens more time to respond to bad weather.

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• Boustany Bill Blocking Fiduciary Rule Passes House

  April 28, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.J.Res.88, a bill he introduced with Reps. Phil Roe (R-TN) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) that would block the implementation of the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule. The bill passed 234-183.

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• Boustany Supports Private Competition in Flood Insurance

  April 28, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 2901, the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act, introduced by Representative Dennis Ross (R-FL). The bill was passed unanimously in the House of Representatives.

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• Boustany Announces Iberia Parish Healthcare Grant

  April 26, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a $3,546,420 Health Center Cluster Grant to the Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center in New Iberia, Louisiana. The grant program provides funding for community health centers in rural and underserved areas.

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• Boustany Commends CPRA and Corps of Engineers for Advancing Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study

  April 26, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Civil Works Review Board approved a feasibility study that could bring over $3 billion in coastal projects to Southwest Louisiana. Boustany originally authored the language creating the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study in 2005, following the devastation in the region caused by Hurricane Rita. Prior to Boustany's legislation, no comprehensive study had ever been authorized to identify coastal ecosystem restoration and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction strategies in Southwest Louisiana.

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• Vitter & Boustany Respond to VA Clinic Update

  April 22, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Senator David Vitter (R-Metairie) and Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced they will be moving forward under the current contract to build a new veterans community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Lake Charles. Vitter and Boustany fought to win Congressional authorization for this project in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014.

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• Boustany Launches Legislation to Cut Washington's Red Tape

  April 21, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) launched legislation to ensure that patients have access to the most cutting edge treatments on the market, and to protect medical research and development companies small and large from the delays of the federal bureaucracy.

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• Boustany Moves to Block Obama's Abuse of Executive Power

  April 20, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported legislation that will block any future use of Executive action by President Obama. H.R. 4956, the End Executive Overreach Act, is intended to rein in the excessive use of executive actions by the President and ensure Congress regains its singular lawmaking authority.

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• Boustany Demands Expedited Consideration for Anti-Oil Tax Resolutions

  April 18, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) spearheaded a letter with 55 of his House colleagues demanding expedited floor consideration for two critical measures opposing new Obama Administration tax proposals aimed at the oil and gas industry.

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• Boustany Statement on Tax Day

  April 18, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement on Tax Day.

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• Boustany Announces New Grant Funding for Louisiana Shipyard

  April 15, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded $582,410.00 to Metal Shark Aluminum Boats in Jeanerette, Louisiana.

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• Boustany Statement on Finalized Well Control Rule

  April 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) released a finalized well control rule for offshore oil & gas production.

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• Boustany Leads Louisiana Delegation Effort to Widen I-10

  April 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) led a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, expressing support for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's (DOTD) FASTLANE grant application to rehabilitate and expand portions of the I-10 Freight Corridor. Funding from the grant would be leveraged with DOTD funds to widen I-10 between I-49 in Lafayette and the Atchafalaya Basin, as well as to facilitate interchange widening. Updates will also be made to strengthen and increase safety on the roadway by fully replacing existing pavement and adding a concrete median in an effort to prevent cross-over crashes.

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• Boustany Calls for Action on Tax Reform on "Tax Day Eve"

  April 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette), Chairman of the Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke at a "Tax Day Eve" event in the United States Capitol where he called for urgent action on reforming the tax code.

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• Boustany Supports Bill to End the Tax Code

  April 13, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) led a hearing of the Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee examining proposals for fundamental reform of the income tax system. Boustany serves as Chairman of the Tax Policy Subcommittee.

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• Boustany Applauds Barksdale for Supporting Mission to Defeat ISIS

  April 13, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) applauded the men and women stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base outside of Bossier City, Louisiana, after the U.S. Air Force (USAF) deployed a B-52 Stratofortress based at Barksdale to support the American mission to combat ISIS.

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• Boustany Applauds U.S. Army's First Female Infantry Recruit

  April 12, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) congratulated Tammy Barnett of Robeline, Louisiana, on becoming the first female to enlist in the United State Army infantry division with a statement in the official Congressional Record.

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• Boustany Announces Additional Funding for AGMAC

  April 11, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that he has worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allocate $49,999 for a Limited Reevaluation Review to continue the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel (AGMAC) project connecting Acadiana ports to the Gulf of Mexico.

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• Boustany Reacts to Fiduciary Rule

  April 7, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor released its final fiduciary rule.

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• Boustany Statement on Treasury Inversion Rule

  April 5, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury released proposed regulations to combat inversions.

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• Vitter, Cassidy, & Boustany: VA Fails La. Veterans, Announces Another Delay to Complete Permanent Clinics

  March 23, 2016

  (Metairie, La.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-La.), and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) sent a letter to Robert McDonald, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Sloan Gibson, VA Deputy Secretary, upon today's announcement that there will be additional delays in establishing permanent clinics in Lake Charles, La. The Members of Congress have been pushing the VA to fulfill their promise to establish permanent clinics in Southwest Louisiana by the end of 2016. They requested a call with the VA as soon as possible to find a solution to this delay.

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• Boustany Announces New Grant to Repair Flood-Damaged Highways

  March 23, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Federal highway Administration has awarded $1,000,000 to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to repair damage caused by recent flooding across the state.

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• Boustany Calls on IRS to End Wasteful Improper Payments

  March 23, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) sent a letter to John Koskinen, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), asking the agency to fully utilize the Do Not Pay (DNP) Portal to prevent improper payments of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

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• Boustany and Graves Lead Effort to Stop BSEE Well Control Rule

  March 22, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressmen Charles Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) and Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) led a letter to the House Appropriations Committee requesting that language be included in the Interior, Environment and Related Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2017 prohibiting the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) from using any funds for the implementation of the agency's proposed well control rule.

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• Boustany Leads Effort to Stop New Rule Threatening Offshore Oil & Gas

  March 21, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) led a letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, expressing concern over the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) recent Notice to Lessees (NTL) on liability bonds for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.

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• Boustany Announces New FEMA Disaster Relief Grants for Louisiana

  March 18, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the state of Louisiana six separate grants for disaster clean-up worth a combined $11,030,406.40.

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• Boustany: Stop Executive Amnesty Now

  March 17, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after supporting an amicus brief resolution on the United States v. Texas immigration case to be argued before the Supreme Court in April. The resolution authorizes the Speaker of the House to file an amicus brief in the Court formally opposing the President's executive amnesty. The brief will be filed on behalf of the entire House of Representatives.

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• Boustany Thanks Calcasieu Parish Officials for Saving Lives

  March 17, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) publicly thanked the Calcasieu Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP), local law enforcement, parish and local elected officials, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), and local charity organizations after the federal government granted a disaster declaration for Calcasieu Parish. The declaration will allow Calcasieu Parish to receive federal disaster recovery assistance in the aftermath of historic flooding along the Sabine and Calcasieu Rivers in Southwest Louisiana.

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• Boustany Slams Administration's Latest EPA Power Grab

  March 16, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) slammed the Obama Administration after signing a letter to the Appropriations Committee requesting the Committee bar the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using any taxpayer funding to implement the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.

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• Boustany Renews Call for Disaster Tax Relief Amid Louisiana Flooding

  March 15, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) renewed his efforts to pass H.R. 3110, the National Disaster Tax Relief Act. Boustany is a cosponsor of the bill along with his Louisiana colleagues Reps. Cedric Richmond (LA-2), Ralph Abraham, MD (LA-5), and Garret Graves (LA-6).

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• Boustany Condemns Targeting of Christians by ISIS

  March 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Dr. Charles Boustany (R-Lafayette) supported resolutions condemning the recent atrocities of the Syrian government and ISIS directed towards Christians in the Middle East as war crimes and genocide.

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• Boustany Announces New FEMA Grants for Louisiana

  March 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-Lafayette) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded the state of Louisiana two separate grants for disaster preparedness worth a combined $10,357,122.

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• Boustany Urges Congress to Maintain Funding for Harbor Maintenance

  March 14, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-Lafayette), spearheaded a letter with 121 of his House colleagues urging the House Appropriations Committee not to cut allocations from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) and hold the funding at the FY16 level.

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• Boustany Announces New Grant Funding for Louisiana Charter Schools

  March 11, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Louisiana Department of Education was selected to receive a $1,889,650 grant from the Public Charter Schools Program.

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• Boustany Condemns Iran Missile Test: "Now more than ever, we must stand with Israel"

  March 9, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) strongly condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran after the nation test-fired two missiles inscribed with the words "Israel must be wiped out" in Hebrew.

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• Boustany Accepting Submissions for Congressional Art Competition

  March 4, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-Lafayette) announced he is accepting submissions for the 35th annual Congressional High School Art Competition.

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• Boustany Introduces Legislation to Stop Incompetent Bureaucrats from Ruining Veterans' Credit

  March 3, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) introduced the Timely Payment for Veterans' Emergency Care Act to stop the VA from ruining veterans' credit ratings by failing to pay emergency medical bills on time.

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• Boustany Calls for Investigation to Expose Administration's Illegal Fuel Grabs

  March 1, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) sent a letter with his colleagues calling for an official U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into illegal practices by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) in the Gulf of Mexico.

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• Boustany Applauds First Exports Leaving Sabine Pass Terminal

  February 25, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) released a statement applauding news that the United States exported its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after the Asia Vision LNG tanker left the Sabine Pass terminal in Southwest Louisiana. Boustany is a longtime champion of increasing LNG exports from the United States.

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• Boustany's PROTECT Act Becomes Law

  February 24, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the President signed H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. The bill contains Boustany's PROTECT Act safeguarding Louisiana seafood from illegally dumped foreign product.

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• Boustany on International Tax Reform: "We have to act now"

  February 24, 2016

  Today in a Ways & Means Committee hearing on the urgency of acting on international tax reform, Dr. Boustany made the case that Congress must move forward to provide relief for American businesses and workers who are suffering under an adverse tax climate.

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• Boustany Opposes President's Guantanamo Closure Plan

  February 23, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued a statement after President Barack Obama said he supports a Pentagon report on closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The plan would transfer detainees from Guantanamo to locations within the continental United States as well as to other countries.

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• Boustany's Bill PROTECTing Louisiana Seafood Sent to President

  February 11, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued a statement after the Senate passed the Conference Report for H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act. The Conference Report contains the legislative language of Boustany's PROTECT Act. The bill will be sent directly to the President to be signed into law.

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• Boustany on Obama's Oil Tax: "It's the wrong diagnosis, and the wrong prescription"

  February 11, 2016

  Today in a Ways & Means Committee hearing on the President's FY2017 budget request with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Dr. Boustany took the Administration to task for proposing a new $10-per-barrel tax on oil. Boustany introduced legislation earlier this week opposing the new tax, saying: "I won't stand by and watch the President run over these families with a tax that will be passed on at the pump."

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• U.S.-Japan Caucus Co-Chairs Applaud Senate Passage of North Korea Sanctions Legislation

  February 10, 2016

  Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (LA-03), Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, released the following statement applauding the United States Senate's passage of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016:

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• Boustany Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Freezing Obama's Carbon Rule

  February 10, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued a statement after the Supreme Court placed a stay on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) carbon rule for power plants.

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• Boustany Supports Passage of American Heroes COLA Act

  February 9, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 677, the American Heroes COLA Act of 2015, introduced by Representative Ralph Abraham, MD (LA-5).

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• Boustany Introduces Legislation Opposing Obama's Oil Tax

  February 9, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) introduced legislation opposing President Obama's proposed $10 tax on every barrel of oil to pay for a new "21st century clean transportation system." The bill was introduced on the same day President Obama's final budget request was submitted to Congress. The tax increase is included in the President's budget request.

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• Boustany Opens Applications for Summer Internships

  February 8, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) is accepting applications for summer internships in his Washington, DC, office.

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• Boustany Blasts Obama's Newest Tax on Oil

  February 4, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) released a statement blasting President Obama for his plan to propose a $10 tax on every barrel of oil to pay for a new "21st century clean transportation system."

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• Vitter, Cassidy, and Boustany Conduct Call with New Alexandria VA Director

  February 4, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Senator David Vitter (R-Metairie), Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-Baton Rouge) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) held a call today with Department of Veterans' Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson and the new director of the Alexandria Veterans Affairs Health Care System (AVAHCS), Peter Dancy. Dancy was named director on December 28, 2015, and currently oversees facilities in Jennings, Lafayette, Natchitoches, Lake Charles, and Fort Polk.

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• Boustany Supports Overriding Presidential Veto

  February 2, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported a measure to override the President's veto of H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. Boustany is a co-author of the bill.

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• Boustany Leads Louisiana Delegation Letter Defending American Offshore Construction Companies

  January 29, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the Administration to pressure the government of Norway to make reforms to the U.S.-Norway Tax Treaty to protect U.S. offshore construction firms operating on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Boustany was joined by his Louisiana colleagues Senator David Vitter (R-Metairie), Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-Baton Rouge) Congressman Steve Scalise (R-Jefferson), Congressman John Fleming, MD, (R-Minden), Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans), Congressman Ralph Abraham, MD, (R-Alto) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge).

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• Boustany Statement on European Commission's BEPS Directives

  January 28, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the European Commission issued new directives related to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project.

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• Boustany Calls Louisiana Waiver for Work Requirements ‘Backwards'

  January 14, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) said the Obama Administration's decision to waive work requirements for food stamp recipients in Louisiana will hurt recipients' ability to build skills and move themselves off welfare rolls.

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• Boustany Calls Medicaid Expansion "Irresponsible"

  January 13, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) criticized Governor John Bel Edwards for signing an executive order on his first full day in office expanding Medicaid in Louisiana without reforms.

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• Boustany Responds to President Obama's Final State of the Union

  January 12, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) was interviewed after witnessing President Obama's final State of the Union Address to Congress.

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• Boustany, Abraham, and Graves Tell Senate to Act on Refugee Security

  January 11, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressmen Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) Ralph Abraham, MD, (R-Alto) and Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) joined their colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging him to hold a vote on the House-passed American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act.

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• Boustany on Obama Veto: President can't escape the facts of ObamaCare

  January 8, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after President Obama vetoed the House-passed reconciliation bill gutting ObamaCare and blocking the vast majority of Planned Parenthood funding.

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• Boustany Applauds House Passage of Reconciliation Bill

  January 6, 2016

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported House passage of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3762, a budget reconciliation package that will dismantle significant portions of ObamaCare and block the vast majority of federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The package contains legislative language similar to H.R. 248 authored by Dr. Boustany to repeal ObamaCare's employer mandate.

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• Boustany on Obama's Gun Control Executive Orders: "Our President is not a king"

  January 5, 2016

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after President Obama announced he will issue a series of Executive Orders aimed at restricting firearm purchases in the United States.

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• Boustany Introduces BEPS Act to Safeguard U.S. Companies in Country-by-Country Reporting

  December 22, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) announced that he introduced the Bad Exchange Prevention (BEPS) Act.

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• Boustany Supports Louisiana Priorities in Omnibus

  December 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported passage of a year-end omnibus funding package. The bill includes several provisions that are critically important for Louisiana:

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• Boustany Secures Tax Certainty for Small Businesses

  December 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported passage of a tax extenders package containing several Boustany priorities.

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• Boustany's Bill to PROTECT Louisiana Seafood Passes House

  December 11, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act Conference Report which contains the legislative language of Boustany's PROTECT Act.

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• Boustany Statement on Restore Act Council Announcement of $52.2 Million for Louisiana

  December 9, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Restore Act Council awarded $52.2 million to the state of Louisiana for six coastal restoration projects and a study of the Mississippi River.

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• Boustany Supports Increasing Security for Visa Waiver Program

  December 8, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015.

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• Boustany Welcomes Louisiana's Frank Levingston, Oldest World War II Veteran, to Washington

  December 8, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) met with Frank Levingston of Lake Charles in Boustany's office in Washington. Levingston is a U.S. Army veteran who was present during the attack on Pearl Harbor and is currently the oldest veteran of World War II in the United States.

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• Boustany and Graves Move Louisiana One Step Closer to Traffic Relief

  December 3, 2015

  Washington, DC – Congressmen Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) and Garret Graves (R – South Louisiana) bolstered today's House passage of a five-year federal highway funding bill, the longest authorization since 1998. The bill contains substantial increases in federal highway funding for Louisiana, positioning the state to move forward on critical highway projects to improve traffic flow.

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• Boustany Supports Louisiana Energy Production, Jobs

  December 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) supported passage of H.R. 8, the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015.

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• Vitter, Cassidy, and Boustany Applaud Opening of Lake Charles Interim Veterans Clinic

  December 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators David Vitter (R-Metairie) and Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-Baton Rouge) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) applauded the opening of the Lake Charles VA Interim Clinic on 814 W. McNeese St. The VA is holding an open house to celebrate the clinic's official opening today from 1:00 – 3:00 pm.

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• Boustany Statement on Renewable Fuels Standard Final Rule

  December 1, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule for implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) through the end of 2016.

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• Boustany Statement on Pfizer Inversion

  November 23, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after Pfizer and Allergan announced they will merge, forming the largest healthcare industry inversion in history.

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• Boustany Selected to Lead Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee

  November 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) –Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) announced that he has been chosen to lead the Ways & Means Committee's Tax Policy Subcommittee, formerly known as the Select Revenue Measures (SRM) Subcommittee. The subcommittee has jurisdiction over all revenue measures that are referred to the subcommittee by the full committee chairman.

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• Vitter & Boustany Applaud Lafayette Clinic Campus B Announcement

  November 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) applauded an announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that a contract agreement has been reached for the supplementary healthcare clinic, known as "Campus B," in Lafayette. This clinic was authorized by VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson after he traveled to Lafayette to visit with local veterans in February 2015 at the request of Boustany and Vitter. Gibson called the existing VA facilities in the community "inadequate and unacceptable" and ordered the VA to begin searching for additional clinic space.

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• Boustany Takes Strong Stance Against Syrian Refugee Resettlement

  November 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) announced he will take a series of actions to limit the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week.

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• Boustany Leads Louisiana House Delegation Opposition to Well Control Rule

  November 9, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) wrote a letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell co-signed by the entire Louisiana House delegation opposing the new proposed well control rule by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

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• Boustany Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection

  November 6, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after President Obama announced that he would reject the Keystone XL Pipeline project.

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• Boustany Supports Long-Term Highway Funding

  November 5, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) advanced a six-year reauthorization of highway funding including six years of full funding for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).

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• Boustany Statement on TPP Text Release

  November 5, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was posted online early this morning.

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• Boustany Congratulates Kevin Brady on Selection as Chairman of Ways & Means Committee

  November 4, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement congratulating Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) on being selected as the next Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee following the election of former Chairman Paul D. Ryan as Speaker of the House.

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• Chabot, Goodlatte, Harris, Boustany Unveil Bill to Reform Seasonal Guestworker Program

  November 4, 2015

  Washington, D.C. – Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Congressman Andy Harris (R-Md.), and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-La.) today introduced a bill to reform the H-2B seasonal guestworker program. The H-2B guestworker program is used by American employers to hire foreign workers for temporary and seasonal work, such as forestry, seafood processing, and other industries.

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• Boustany Leads Louisiana House Delegation Expressing Concern over Inmate Release Policy

  November 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-Lafayette), led a letter to President Obama signed by his Louisiana House colleagues Steve Scalise (R-Jefferson), John Fleming, MD (R-Minden), Ralph Abraham, MD (R-Alto), and Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) expressing concern regarding the release of 6,000 federal inmates.

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• Boustany Congratulates Paul Ryan on Election as Speaker of the House

  October 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) congratulated Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on his election as Speaker of the House.

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• Boustany Opposes Backroom Deal Threatening Louisiana Jobs

  October 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) voted to oppose a budget deal negotiated between House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and President Barack Obama.

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• Boustany Continues Funding for Louisiana Highways

  October 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) applauded unanimous Senate passage of a short-term extension of the Highway Trust Fund's (HTF) expenditure authority through November 20. Boustany supported passage of the measure through the House yesterday. The Fund's expenditure authority was scheduled to expire on October 29.

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• Boustany Supports Savings & Responsible Financial Policy

  October 27, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 1090, the Retail Investor Protection Act, introduced by Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO).

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• Boustany Employer Mandate Repeal Passes in Reconciliation Package

  October 23, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 3762, a budget reconciliation package that will dismantle significant portions of ObamaCare and block federal funding for Planned Parenthood. The package contains legislative language similar to H.R. 248 authored by Dr. Boustany to repeal the "employer mandate" portion of ObamaCare.

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• Boustany Calls NDAA Veto "Irresponsible"

  October 22, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued a statement after President Obama held a photo-op Thursday afternoon to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2016.

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• Boustany Highlights New Study Showing Economic Benefits of Calcasieu Ship Channel

  October 22, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued a statement after the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District released a new study measuring the economic impact of the Calcasieu Ship Channel at the local, state, and national levels. A copy of the study is attached.

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• Boustany: No Default on My Watch

  October 21, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 692, the Default Prevention Act, introduced by Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA).

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• Boustany Applauds Decision Supporting Louisiana Sugar

  October 20, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) applauded a unanimous 6-0 decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) finding that the Mexican sugar industry caused harm to American sugar producers by dumping Mexican subsidized sugar into the U.S. market.

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• Boustany Applauds DHS Announcement of REAL ID Compliance Delay for Louisiana

  October 9, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would grant a delay for Louisiana to reach compliance under new federal REAL ID regulations. The deadline for compliance for entry into federal buildings and installations was tomorrow, October 10, 2015.

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• Boustany Says Court Action Blocking WOTUS Rule "A Victory for Louisiana"

  October 9, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling blocking the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Waters of the United States" rule.

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• Boustany Supports Lifting Crude Export Ban

  October 9, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 702, a bill to lift the ban on crude oil exports. Boustany, a longtime supporter of lifting the ban, is a co-sponsor of the bill.

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• Boustany Protecting Louisiana's Guard, Reserves, and Active Army Soldiers

  October 8, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) submitted testimony for the National Commission on the Future of the Army as the Commission met with Members of Congress on Capitol Hill today.

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• Boustany and 25 Bipartisan Members of Congress Urge CDC & White House to Expand HIV Prevention Funding for Rural & Suburban Areas in Deep South States

  October 7, 2015

  Washington, DC – Representatives Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL) and 21 other Members of Congress sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House urging for HIV prevention funding to be expanded in rural and suburban areas in nine Deep South states including: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

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• Boustany Says Final BP Settlement Gives Gulf Closure

  October 5, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) released the following statement after the Justice Department announced a final settlement of $20.8 billion with BP to help revitalize the Gulf Coast after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The final settlement is approximately $2 billion higher than the initial settlement of $18.7 announced in July of this year.

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• Vitter and Boustany Lead Delegation Letter Supporting REAL ID Compliance Delay

  October 5, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Senator David Vitter (R-Metairie) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with their Louisiana colleagues Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, (R-Baton Rouge) and Congressmen Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans), Ralph Abraham, MD, (R-Alto) and Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) expressing support for the Louisiana State Police's request for a delay in the compliance deadline for state drivers' licenses under the REAL ID Act of 2005.

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• Boustany Statement on Conclusion of TPP Negotiations

  October 5, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement in reaction to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations officially concluding in Atlanta this morning.

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• Boustany Says New EPA Ozone Standard "Devastating" for Louisiana

  October 1, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a revision of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) regulating ozone levels, lowering the standard from 75 parts per billion (ppb) to 70 ppb. The EPA had been evaluating whether to lower the standard to within a range of 60-70 ppb.

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• Boustany: "A Strong America Means a Safer World"

  October 1, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of the Conference Report for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2016. The NDAA is the annual authorization for the United States military. The House passed H.R. 1735, the House version of the NDAA, on May 15, 2015 with bipartisan support.

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• Boustany Empowers State Choice on Planned Parenthood Funding

  September 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 3495, the Women's Public Health and Safety Act, introduced by Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisconsin).

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• Boustany Congratulates National Blue Ribbon Schools in Louisiana

  September 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) congratulated nine Louisiana schools, including Martin Petitjean Elementary School in Rayne, Louisiana, and South Crowley Elementary School in Crowley, Louisiana, for being named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.

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• Boustany Welcomes B-1 Bomber Community to Barksdale

  September 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) welcomed the B-1 "Bone" bomber community to Barksdale Air Force Base located outside of Bossier City, Louisiana.

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• Boustany Announces Lease Award for Permanent Lake Charles Clinic

  September 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement after the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) announced it has awarded a lease for a permanent Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Lake Charles. The CBOC will be located at 3601 Gerstner Memorial Drive in Lake Charles on a 4.5 acre site with 24,088 net usable square feet.

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• Boustany Statement on Boehner Retirement

  September 25, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement after House Speaker John Boehner announced he would retire at the end of October.

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• Boustany Calls Pope's Speech "A Blessing"

  September 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement after listening to Pope Francis speak before a Joint Session of Congress. Francis is the first Pope to address the U.S. Congress in history.

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• Boustany Remembers Hurricane Rita Ten Years Later: "Our future looks brighter than ever"

  September 23, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released a video statement in the lead-up to the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Rita, which made landfall in Southwest Louisiana on September 24, 2005.

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• Boustany, Pro-Life Doctor, Votes to Defend Culture of Life in America

  September 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parenthood Act. Boustany is an original sponsor of the bill introduced by Representative Diane Black (R-TN).

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• Boustany and Thompson Lead Bipartisan Effort to Combat Deadly Infections

  September 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-LA) and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) of the House Ways & Means Committee joined their colleagues Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Congressman Gene Green (D-TX) today in introducing the Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation (READI) Act to address the rising public health challenge of antibiotic resistance.

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• Boustany: Census Poverty Data Shows Need for Action

  September 16, 2015

  WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) released the following statement on today's Census Bureau report showing that the poverty rate was unchanged in 2014, with 46.7 million people living in poverty.

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• Boustany Applauds Progress on Lake Charles Interim VA Clinic

  September 15, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement applauding the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) for signing a lease for an interim VA health clinic in Lake Charles. The clinic will be located at 814 W. McNeese St. and is expected to open by the end of 2015.

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• Boustany Joins Bipartisan Majority Opposing Iran Deal

  September 11, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) voted against passage of H.R. 3461, a bill approving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement with Iran. The proposal failed 162-269.

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• Boustany: President Has Not Kept His Word on Iran Deal

  September 10, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H. Res. 411 through the House of Representatives, which expresses the sense of Congress that "the President has not complied with section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015" and consequently, the 60-day congressional review period mandated under the law has not begun.

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• Boustany Says SSG Florich's Burial at Arlington "A Well-Deserved Honor"

  September 8, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement as funeral proceedings for Staff Sergeant Thomas Florich of the Louisiana National Guard began at Arlington National Cemetery.

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• Boustany Statement on Eve of Hurricane Katrina's Tenth Anniversary

  August 28, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement honoring the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005.

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• Boustany Announces South Louisiana Airport Grants

  August 12, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) announced a series of grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) to support local and regional airports in South Louisiana.

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• Boustany Cosponsors Resolution Disapproving of Iran Agreement

  July 30, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) announced that he has cosponsored H.Res.367, a resolution expressing disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement between the P5+1 nations and Iran announced on July 14, 2015.

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• Boustany Votes for VA Accountability

  July 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 1994, the VA Accountability Act. Boustany is a cosponsor of the bill.

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• Boustany & Neal Release Innovation Box Discussion Draft

  July 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) and Congressman Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts) released a discussion draft of innovation box legislation designed to attract and retain research and development (R&D;) investment and intellectual property (IP) in the United States.

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• Boustany Supports Regulatory Common Sense

  July 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2015. Boustany is a cosponsor of the bill.

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• Boustany Welcomes Gen. Robin Rand to Barksdale

  July 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement welcoming Gen. Robin Rand to his new post as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command housed in Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. Today is Gen. Rand's first day in command. He is the Air Force's first four-star general in that post.

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• Boustany Leads House in Moment of Silence Honoring Lafayette Shooting Victims

  July 27, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) led the House of Representatives in a moment of silence honoring the victims of last Thursday's shooting at the Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana. Nine people were injured and two, Mayci Breaux and Jillian Johnson, were killed in the attack. Boustany was joined in the well of the House by Louisiana Congressmen Steve Scalise (R-Jefferson), John Fleming, MD, (R-Minden), Ralph Abraham, MD, (R-Alto), and Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge).

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• Boustany Statement on Lafayette Shooting

  July 23, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-Lafayette) issued the following statement after reports surfaced earlier tonight of a shooting at the Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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• Boustany Writes to Carter: Arm Military Service Center Personnel

  July 21, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter to Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter asking the Secretary to arm personnel at military service centers after the recent shooting at a Marine recruiting office in Chattanooga, TN.

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• Boustany Supports Congressional Investigation into Planned Parenthood

  July 20, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter calling for a congressional investigation into abortion provider Planned Parenthood's practices, specifically in the area of fetal tissue trafficking.

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• Boustany Applauds House Passage of Steve Gleason Act

  July 16, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of S. 984, the Steve Gleason Act, introduced by Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana).

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• Boustany Votes to Support Louisiana Highway Infrastructure

  July 15, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 2208, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. The bill will extend authorization of federal surface transportation programs through December 18, 2015. Currently program authority under the current Federal Highway Authorization law is scheduled to expire at the end of the month. A summary of the bill is attached.

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• Boustany Testifies on Bill Protecting Veterans' Credit

  July 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) testified before the House Veterans' Affairs Health Subcommittee on his bill, the Veterans' Credit Protection Act (H.R. 1862) in a legislative hearing. Boustany's testimony is attached.

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• Boustany Statement on Iran Nuclear Agreement

  July 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced it had reached a deal with Iran in the P5+1 nuclear nonproliferation negotiations.

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• Boustany Opposes Measure Threatening Louisiana Energy Jobs

  July 10, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after voting to oppose H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. The House passed the measure 344-77.

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• Boustany "Disappointed" in Fort Polk Troop Cuts

  July 9, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the U.S. Army announced that it would cut 388 troops and civilians from Fort Polk, Louisiana. Yesterday, Boustany penned an op-ed in The Town Talk in Alexandria and spoke on the House floor advocating for the Army to spare Fort Polk from cuts.

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• Boustany Speaks in Support of Fort Polk Ahead of Army Announcement

  July 8, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of Fort Polk, Louisiana, ahead of the U.S. Army's expected announcement tomorrow on potential troop cuts.

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• Grassley, Heitkamp, Boustany, and Thompson Introduce Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) Bills

  July 7, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Congressmen Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-LA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced bipartisan companion language in the House (H.R. 2911) and Senate (S. 1697) known as the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act to roll back existing Treasury Department guidance issued under the authority of the Affordable Care Act prohibiting the use of Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs). Boustany and Thompson introduced the legislation last Congress.

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• Boustany Says BP Spill Settlement ‘Allows Us to Turn the Page'

  July 2, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement after officials in five Gulf States announced they had reached a settlement agreement with BP for $18.7 billion after the BP oil spill in 2010. The settlement will go toward resolving Clean Water Act penalties and damage claims as well as settling outstanding economic claims. In a press conference today, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell estimated Louisiana would be able to recover approximately $10 billion.

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• Boustany Responds to Supreme Court EPA Ruling

  June 29, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court struck down the Obama Administration's restrictions on coal-fired power plants.

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• Boustany Applauds Final Authorization for Sabine Pass Expansion Project

  June 26, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), applauded news from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that it has granted final authorization to Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s Sabine Pass Expansion Project in Cameron Parish, LA. This project will allow the facility to export an additional 1.38 bcf of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States on top of the 2.2 bcf that DOE approved to be exported from the facility in 2012.

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• Boustany Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Obergefell v. Hodges

  June 26, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states.

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• Boustany after King v. Burwell: ‘This isn't over'

  June 25, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on King v. Burwell, which upheld the federal government's distribution of subsidies through the federal exchange set up under ObamaCare.

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• Boustany Applauds Senate TPA Passage

  June 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), applauded the Senate's passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, sending the bill to the President's desk for signature.

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• Boustany Presents Fort Polk Progress with Community Excellence Award

  June 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), joined Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-Louisiana), Congressman John Fleming, MD (R-Minden), and Congressman Ralph Abraham, MD (R-Alto), to present Fort Polk Progress with the Community Excellence Award from the Association of Defense Communities this morning in Washington.

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• Boustany Says TPA Critical for Conservatives, Votes Yes

  June 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of a Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) measure through the House of Representatives. The measure passed 218-206.

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• Boustany Joins Physician Colleagues to Oppose EPA Ozone Rule

  June 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) –Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), sent a letter to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Gina McCarthy, with a group of 22 congressional physicians to call into question the agency's health data for revising the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ground level ozone. A signed copy of the letter is attached.

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• Boustany Introduces Legislation to Provide Emergency Relief for Seasonal Labor Users

  June 15, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), introduced H.R. 2758, the "Seasonal Labor for Job Creators Act," to relieve the current shortage of H-2B visas being issued by the U.S. Department of Labor. Louisiana's agriculture, tourism, and seafood processing industries depend heavily on this seasonal worker program to supplement the labor force during peak demand.

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• Boustany's Bill to PROTECT Louisiana Seafood Passes House

  June 12, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of his bill, the PROTECT Act, which was included within H.R. 1907, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act.

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• Boustany Supports Presidential Accountability and Louisiana Jobs with Trade Promotion Authority Passage

  June 12, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of H.R. 1890, the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act.

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• Boustany Supports Strong National Defense

  June 11, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of the FY2016 Defense Appropriations bill, providing funding for the Pentagon and the U.S. military. The bill passed with bipartisan support by a vote of 278-149.

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• Boustany Grills HHS Secretary Burwell on Administration's Lawlessness

  June 10, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), grilled Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell in an appearance before the House Ways & Means Committee on the Administration's continued attempts to rewrite the law on the implementation of ObamaCare, immigration policy, and on making unilateral changes to child support policy.

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• Vitter & Boustany to Hold Transportation Town Hall

  June 5, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), will hold a Town Hall meeting on transportation issues on Monday, June 8, in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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• Boustany and Louisiana Colleagues Tell Army: Bury Florich at Arlington

  June 2, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), called Deputy Secretary of the Army Deb Wada and U.S. Army Military Law & Policy Advisor/Legislative Counsel Greg Bowman with Senators David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), and Congressmen Ralph Abraham, MD (R-Alto), and Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) to request that the Army allow Louisiana National Guard (LANG) Staff Sgt. Thomas Florich to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Florich was killed in a helicopter accident off of the Florida coast earlier this year.

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• Boustany Applauds Committee Passage of Steve Gleason Act

  June 2, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), applauded passage of S. 984, the Steve Gleason Act introduced by Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana), through the House Ways & Means Committee during a markup Tuesday.

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• Boustany Announces Head Start/Early Head Start Grant for St. Martin, Iberia, Lafayette Parishes

  June 2, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a Head Start/Early Head Start Grant to the St. Martin, Iberia, Lafayette Community Action Agency (SMILE) in the amount of $11,447,364.00.

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• Boustany Stands with Graves to Fix Red Snapper Management

  June 1, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), gave a statement in support of an amendment by Representative Garret Graves (R-Baton Rouge) that would transfer Red Snapper fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico away from the federal government to a coalition of five Gulf states.

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• Boustany on EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard: "Detached from Reality"

  May 29, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume mandate for 2014-2016.

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• Boustany Expresses Deep Skepticism over Finalized Waters of the U.S. Rule

  May 27, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), expressed deep skepticism as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final version of the "Waters of the U.S. Rule" today.

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• Boustany "Disappointed" in Highway Trust Fund Extension

  May 19, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported a two-month Highway Trust Fund (HTF) extension that will authorize funding for construction and maintenance of federal highway infrastructure through July 31, 2015. The Fund's authorization was set to expire at the end of May.

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• Boustany Supports Safety & Security of Louisiana Families

  May 15, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015.

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• Boustany Applauds Passage of Bill to Mandate Congressional Review of Iran Nuclear Deal

  May 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the House passed an agreement mandating congressional review and approval of a proposed nuclear deal with Iran. The bill passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support last week.

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• Boustany Applauds Senate Passage of Customs Bill Protecting Louisiana Seafood

  May 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), applauded Senate passage of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 that includes language to address ongoing trade evasion schemes negatively impacting the Louisiana seafood industry from unfair trade practices.

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• Boustany Says Rice Study Shows Need for Strong Trade Agreements

  May 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), said a study released today by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that he requested last year with then-House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) shows the need for strong trade agreements to support U.S. agriculture.

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• Boustany Votes to End Late-Term Abortions

  May 13, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Boustany is a cosponsor of the bill.

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• Boustany: "It's time to end the EPA's power grab"

  May 12, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act through the House of Representatives.

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• Vitter and Boustany Announce New Details on VA Clinics in Lafayette, Lake Charles

  May 7, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (R-South Louisiana), received a response to their March 20, 2015, letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert McDonald expressing the urgent need for the VA to act quickly in Lafayette and Lake Charles to build long-overdue VA clinics.

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• Boustany and Graves to Host Stop the HIT Roundtable Discussion

  May 7, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) and Congressman Garret Graves (R- South Louisiana) will host a Roundtable Discussion on Boustany's legislation, the Health Insurance Tax (HIT) Repeal Act, in Baton Rouge on Friday, May 8. Boustany introduced the bill on February 12. On April 22, Boustany announced the bill had received majority support in the House of Representatives.

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• Boustany to Host Hurricane Preparedness Forum in Morgan City

  May 1, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD, (R-South Louisiana) will host a Hurricane Preparedness Forum with the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Morgan City, Louisiana, on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.

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• Boustany Amendments Advocate Greater Harbor Maintenance Funding, Defunding Flood Risk Management Standard

  May 1, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) offered an amendment to the FY2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill with Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D-CA) advocating for full funding for harbor maintenance.

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• Boustany Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Physician Shortages

  April 30, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) and Congressman Joe Crowley (D-NY) introduced the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act to expand the number of physician residency slots available across the U.S. while giving priority for additional residency slots to teaching hospitals located in Health Professional Shortage Areas.

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• Boustany Wants Free Flights for Illegal Immigrants Terminated

  April 30, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter led by Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) calling on President Obama to immediately terminate or suspend the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee/Parole Program.

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• Boustany Amendment Prevents VA Bonuses Until Agency Cleans Up Backlog

  April 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) offered an amendment to the FY2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act preventing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) staff bonuses until the agency makes significant progress on the emergency medical care claims processing backlog.

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• Boustany Welcomes Prime Minister Abe to Washington

  April 29, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Washington ahead of the Prime Minister's address to a joint session of Congress. Boustany serves as co-Chairman of the U.S.-Japan Caucus in the 114th Congress.

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• Boustany Stands Up for Louisiana National Guard

  April 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter requesting more time for Congress to review the Army's Aviation Restructuring Initiative (ARI).

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• Boustany to Host Hurricane Preparedness Forums in Lafayette, Lake Charles

  April 24, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) will host Hurricane Preparedness Forums with the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Lafayette and Lake Charles on Monday, April 27.

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• Boustany Language Protecting Louisiana Seafood & Agriculture Included in Committee-Passed Customs Bill

  April 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 1907, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, through the House Ways & Means Committee late yesterday.

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• Boustany Makes Impassioned Case for Trade Promotion Authority: "The world is not standing still"

  April 23, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) made an impassioned case for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) during consideration of TPA legislation before the House Ways & Means Committee earlier today. The legislation is currently still under consideration by the Committee. Live video of the proceedings can be viewed here.

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• Boustany Supports Louisiana Sugar in Trade Negotiations

  April 22, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) sent a letter to Ambassador Michael Froman of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative highlighting the importance of the American sugar industry in ongoing trade negotiations with Asia known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

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• Boustany's Health Insurance Tax Repeal Reaches Majority Support in House

  April 22, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) announced that H.R. 928, legislation to repeal the Health Insurance Tax (HIT) introduced on February 12 with Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), has reached 218 cosponsors, a majority of support within the House of Representatives.

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• Boustany Veterans Bills Promise Greater Flexibility, Transparency

  April 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) reintroduced a legislative package geared towards assisting our nation's veterans. Boustany originally introduced these proposals in the 113th Congress, and has updated the bill language to reflect changes brought about by the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, enacted last August. A summary of the three bills is as follows:

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• Boustany: "Trade Promotion Authority is the Lynchpin for Our Economic Future"

  April 16, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced they had reached an agreement on joint Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation. The Senate plans to hold a markup on to-be-introduced legislation next week.

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• Boustany Votes to Repeal Onerous Death Tax

  April 16, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act.

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• Boustany Supports IRS Accountability on Tax Day

  April 15, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported legislation to bring accountability and transparency to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Tax Day.

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• Boustany Applauds White House Willingness to Allow Congressional Review of Iran Deal

  April 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the White House indicated the President would be open to signing an agreement mandating congressional review and approval of a proposed nuclear deal with Iran.

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• Boustany Delivers Weekly Republican Address on Tax Relief, IRS Accountability

  April 11, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) delivered the Weekly Republican Address, highlighting Republicans' efforts to provide tax relief for working families and to protect taxpayers from IRS abuse.

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• Boustany To Deliver Weekly Republican Address

  April 10, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, April 11. With Tax Day approaching, Boustany will discuss Republicans' commitment to providing tax relief for working families and bringing much-needed transparency and accountability to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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• Boustany Announces Winners of Congressional Art Competition

  April 6, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) congratulated the winners of this year's Congressional Art Competition for Louisiana's Third Congressional District. The winners are as follows:

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• Boustany Statement on Lake Charles VA Delay

  March 27, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement on the VA's announcement that it will delay the Lake Charles VA clinic.

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• Boustany Set to Announce Congressional Art Competition Winner

  March 27, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) announced there will be a reception on Saturday, March 28th, at the Acadiana Center for the Arts to honor students from the 3rd Congressional District who chose to participate in this year's Congressional Art Competition. The winner of this year's contest will be made public during the reception.

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• Boustany: ‘Thank you, Brigadier General Hickman'

  March 27, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement thanking Brigadier General William B. Hickman, who has served as commanding general of Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center since November 2012, and will leave his post today.

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• Boustany Continues Fighting for Louisiana Seafood on Labor Issue

  March 26, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), led a letter to the House Appropriations Committee with his Louisiana House colleagues highlighting the immediate need of industries such as Louisiana Gulf seafood to have a workable H-2B visa program.

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• Boustany Supports Certainty for Doctors and Patients

  March 26, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), supported passage of a bill that will repeal the sustainable growth-rate (SGR) system under Medicare and replace it with bipartisan reforms. Boustany introduced the bill last week with House and Senate leaders.

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• Boustany Supports Fiscal Responsibility, Strong National Defense

  March 25, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), voted for a House Republican budget proposal today that would increase Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding to $96 billion for the upcoming fiscal year.

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• Boustany Statement on Fifth Anniversary of ObamaCare

  March 25, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of ObamaCare.

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• Boustany Applauds Decision to Delay Troop Drawdown, Welcomes President Ashraf Ghani to Congress

  March 25, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), issued the following statement welcoming the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, to Washington to speak before a joint session of Congress this morning at 10:35 am ET.

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• Boustany Says VA 40-Mile Rule Change Doesn't Go Far Enough

  March 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), issued a statement regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) announcement that it will change eligibility requirements for the Veterans Choice Program, roughly doubling the number of veterans nationwide that are able to use the program.

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• Boustany Video: "If there's anyone worth fighting for, it's those who fought for us"

  March 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), released a video address reacting to news from the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) that it has awarded a contract for construction of a new community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Lafayette without announcing any forward progress in Lake Charles. Boustany secured authorization for both clinics during last year's landmark VA reform legislation.

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• Boustany Applauds Lafayette Veterans Clinic Announcement, Expresses Anger at Lake Charles Delays

  March 23, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), reacted to news from the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) that it has awarded a contract for construction of a new community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Lafayette without announcing any forward progress in Lake Charles. Boustany secured authorization for both clinics during last year's landmark VA reform legislation.

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• Boustany Expresses Disapproval of New BLM Rule Restricting Hydraulic Fracturing

  March 23, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), reacted to issuance of a final rule by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that will restrict hydraulic fracturing on public and tribal lands and impose new costs on drilling companies.

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• Vitter and Boustany: Time to Build Veterans Clinics

  March 20, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Robert McDonald highlighting the fact that during VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson's visit to Louisiana last month, he found conditions at the Lafayette community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) "inadequate and unacceptable." Senator Vitter and Congressman Boustany urge the VA to "do all in your power to expedite the Lafayette and Lake Charles clinics whenever possible."

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• Vitter and Boustany to Hold Energy Forum

  March 20, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), will hold a Forum on Energy in Lafayette, LA, on Monday, March 23.

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• Boustany Joins House and Senate Leaders to Introduce SGR Replacement

  March 19, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), joined House and Senate leaders to introduce base legislation that will repeal and replace the sustainable growth-rate (SGR) physician payment system under Medicare.

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• Boustany Leads Delegation Defending Louisiana Industry from EPA Overreach

  March 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) led a Louisiana delegation letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy expressing concerns about the Agency's attempt to revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) governing ground-level ozone levels from 75 ppb to between 60-70 ppb. Senator Bill Cassidy and Reps. John Fleming, Ralph Abraham, and Garret Graves joined Boustany on the letter.

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• Boustany: Follow the Law, Fund Harbor Maintenance

  March 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana), Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D-CA), and Members of the Congressional PORTS Caucus led a letter with 86 total House signatories to the House Appropriations Committee advocating for funding of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF).

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• Boustany Leads House of Representatives in Moment of Silence Honoring Fallen Heroes

  March 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana), led the entire House of Representatives in a moment of silence honoring eleven soldiers, including four members of the Louisiana National Guard, who were involved in a helicopter crash last week off the Florida coast. The names of the four fallen members of the Louisiana National Guard based in Hammond, Louisiana, were released yesterday.

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• Boustany and Reichert Introduce Bill Extending Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program

  March 17, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Representative Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statement after introducing the Home Visiting Extension Act of 2015 extending the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program through the end of the fiscal year.

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• Boustany Sends Support to Families of Louisiana National Guard

  March 11, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) sent his support to the families of 11 service members who were involved in a helicopter crash off of the Florida coast. Four of the service members were based at the National Guard facility in Hammond, Louisiana.

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• Boustany Congratulates Truston Technologies

  March 10, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after Truston Technologies of Lafayette, LA, was granted a global petroleum, oil and lubricant multiple award construction contract by the Department of the Navy. Truston is one of eight companies to receive the contract from Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Missouri, Texas, California, and Maryland. The contract will provide funding for sustainment, restoration and modernization, and inspection and repair for petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) systems at various locations worldwide. The contract will total up to $800 million for all eight companies combined annually.

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• Boustany Says King v. Burwell ‘Crucial' As Oral Arguments Begin

  March 4, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement as oral arguments began in the King v. Burwell case before the Supreme Court.

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• Boustany Opposes ‘Clean' Senate Bill Funding President's Executive Amnesty

  March 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) voted against passage of the Senate's ‘clean' Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. The House passed the bill with Democratic support. Earlier today, Boustany voted to table the Senate's ‘clean' funding bill. The motion failed with a majority of Democrats in opposition.

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• Boustany Expresses Strong Support for Israel As Netanyahu Addresses Congress

  March 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to Washington to address Congress. The Prime Minister's speech is focused on finding a solution to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and threatening to destabilize the Middle East.

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• Boustany Video Address Expresses Strong Support for Fort Polk

  March 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) released a video address that will be played at the Listening Session at Fort Polk today expressing strong support for the base.

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• Boustany Supports England Airpark's Application to Military Airports Program

  March 2, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Louisiana congressional delegation sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta in support of England Airpark's application to the FAA's Military Airports Program.

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• Boustany Votes to Make College More Affordable

  February 25, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of legislation that would permanently extend a tax benefit to American families assisting with the purchase of computers and other technology for educational needs, codifying them as qualified higher education expenses.

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• Boustany Responds to Obama's Keystone Veto

  February 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement on news of President Obama's veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline.

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• Boustany Wants Passage of a Long-Term Highway Bill

  February 24, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calling for the House to pass a long-term surface transportation bill before the current extension of the Highway Trust Fund expires on May 31, 2015.

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• Boustany Congratulates Grant Recipients of the Home Visiting Program

  February 20, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $11,545,060 to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals to support families through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

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• Vitter and Boustany Applaud Deputy VA Secretary's Announcement of Visit to Louisiana

  February 19, 2015

  (Washington, DC) - Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) applauded news that Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Sloan Gibson will visit Lafayette on Monday, February 23, and New Orleans on Tuesday, February 24. Vitter and Boustany wrote earlier this month to VA Secretary McDonald requesting that he visit the state to see ongoing problems within the VA firsthand.

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• Boustany Says ObamaCare Delay Not Permanent Solution

  February 18, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) reacted to the Department of the Treasury's announcement of a delay in enforcement of guidance issued on September 13, 2013, disallowing businesses from using Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA's) as a tax-free means to reimburse employees. The delay will last until July 1, 2015.

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• Boustany Supports Certainty for Louisiana Small Businesses

  February 13, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported House passage of the America's Small Business Tax Relief Act, or H.R. 636. Boustany was one of eight bipartisan original cosponsors of the bill.

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• Boustany: Stop the HIT

  February 12, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) will introduce legislation today with Representative Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to repeal the Health Insurance Tax (HIT). The HIT is a provision included within ObamaCare that is a direct tax on health insurance providers for the services they provide to individuals, families, and other beneficiaries. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), this tax is passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs.

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• Boustany Sends Keystone XL Approval to President Obama's Desk

  February 11, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act.

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• Boustany Statement on Authorization for Use of Military Force

  February 11, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) reacted to the Obama Administration's submission of legislative language for an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against the Islamic State.

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• Boustany Intervenes on Behalf of Gulf Seafood Processors

  February 5, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) led a letter with his Gulf Coast colleagues to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez after the Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will no longer accept private wage surveys (PWS) to determine wages for H-2B visa workers.

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• Boustany Introduces Bipartisan Medicare Reform Bills

  February 5, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at reforming the way Medicare interacts with Louisiana doctors and hospitals.

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• Boustany Reiterates Support for Repealing ObamaCare, Advocates Free-Market Replacement

  February 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 596, a bill repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, also known as ObamaCare.

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• Boustany Honors Louisiana Native Receiving Congressional Gold Medal

  February 3, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued a statement honoring Lafayette native Walter James Rudick. Rudick and his comrades from the First Special Service Force will be remembered with a ceremony in Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol today at 3:00 pm ET, where these veterans will receive a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow. The ceremony will be led by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV); it will be streamed live beginning at 3:00 pm ET on Speaker.gov.

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• Boustany on Obama's Budget: "More of the Same"

  February 2, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after President Barack Obama delivered a $4 trillion FY2016 budget proposal to Congress. The budget runs a deficit of $474 billion, does not balance over the 10-year budget window and predicts an increased deficit of $687 billion by 2025.

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• Vitter and Boustany Urge VA Secretary McDonald to Visit Louisiana

  February 2, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Senator David Vitter (R-Metairie) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) sent a letter to Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald today expressing concerns about the VA's continued mistreatment of Louisiana veterans, raising questions about the Department's procedures issuing construction deadlines for veterans' health clinics in Lafayette and Lake Charles, and urging the Secretary to visit these sites.

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• Boustany Statement on Senate Keystone Passage

  January 29, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after the Senate passed S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act. Boustany supported similar legislation that passed the House on January 9.

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• Boustany Stands Against EPA Overreach

  January 29, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) was named an original cosponsor of the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) yesterday afternoon.

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• Boustany Supports Louisiana Liquefied Natural Gas

  January 28, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 351, The LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act, introduced by Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH).

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• Boustany Stands Up for Louisiana Rice

  January 27, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for the Secretary's assistance to ensure that Louisiana rice producers are able to sell their product in the Iraqi market at a fair market price. The letter was led by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-MS).

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• Cornyn and Boustany Introduce Long-Term Care Hospital Moratorium Correction

  January 23, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) introduced a bill to correct the moratorium on the expansion of Long Term Care Hospital (LTCH) patient capacity.

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• Boustany Protects the Unborn on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

  January 22, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

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• Boustany Supports Louisiana Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

  January 21, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 161, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act, introduced by Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS).

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• Boustany Supports Louisiana Maritime Industry

  January 21, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) signed a letter to Senate leadership urging opposition to an amendment filed by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to the Keystone XL Pipeline Act (S.1) that would repeal domestic build requirements under the Jones Act.

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• Boustany Reacts to the State of the Union

  January 20, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) reacted to President Obama's seventh State of the Union speech tonight.

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• Boustany Announces New Schedule for Field Representatives

  January 16, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) announced a new schedule for the Field Representatives in his Lafayette and Lake Charles offices.

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• Boustany Statement on Marilyn Tavenner's Retirement

  January 16, 2015

  (Lafayette, LA) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) issued the following statement after Marilyn Tavenner, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), announced she would step down.

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• Boustany Works With Louisiana Delegation to Prioritize Dredging Funds

  January 15, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) worked with the Louisiana delegation to draft four letters to the Army Corps of Engineers prioritizing the state's dredging and harbor maintenance projects. The letters are addressed to Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Thomas Bostick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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• Boustany Supports Defunding Executive Amnesty

  January 14, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act. This legislation funds DHS at $39.7 billion through the end of FY2015 on September 30, 2014, a $400 million increase over FY2014. This increase includes significant additions to border security, immigration enforcement, cyber security, and deterrence funding.

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• Boustany Places Crawfish Language in DHS Appropriations Bill

  January 13, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) inserted legislative language into this week's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill expressing that U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) must pay interest on anti-dumping and countervailing duties owed to American industries like the Louisiana crawfish processors. Boustany spoke on the House floor to address this issue earlier today.

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• Boustany Introduces ObamaCare Employer Mandate Repeal

  January 9, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) introduced the American Job Protection Act today. This bill repeals the ObamaCare-imposed requirement that businesses with more than 50 full-time employees must offer their employees health insurance coverage, also known as the "employer mandate." Boustany has introduced similar legislation the past 2 Congresses.

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• Boustany Acts to Save the American Worker

  January 8, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of the Save the American Worker Act, introduced by Rep. Todd Young (R-IN). Boustany spoke on the House floor in support of the bill earlier today.

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• Boustany Signs Amicus Brief to Fight Amnesty

  January 7, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) signed an amicus brief filed by Greg Abbott, the former Attorney General of Texas, and 23 other states including Louisiana, contesting the President's Executive Order on immigration. The document argues the President's actions violate his duty to "faithfully execute the law" and that the scope of the action goes far beyond the "prosecutorial discretion" power given to the Administration.

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• Boustany Votes to Hire More Heroes

  January 7, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) supported passage of the Hire More Heroes Act last night, introduced by Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL).

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• Boustany Sworn In for 114th Congress

  January 6, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) was officially sworn-in for a sixth term in the 114th Congress in Washington. Boustany plans to continue his focus on the economy and job creation, energy production, healthcare, and trade policy in the new Congress.

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• Boustany Accepting Applications for Summer Internships

  January 5, 2015

  (Washington, DC) – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana) is accepting applications for summer internships in his Washington, DC, office.

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