I just want to bring this to the attention of this Committee, that moving communities is an option if the communities ar...
I support the Administration's initiative to clamp down on smuggling-related crime and violence at the U.S.-Mexican bord...
I want to urge you... to make sure that the competition between the agencies of the Federal Government that we noted the...
There unfortunately seems to be a need for better coordination of the Federal Government activities in the border region...
North Louisiana has been especially hard hit, in particular, in the last year alone, with more than 2,000 manufacturing-...
Both Senator Snowe and I believe it should be elevated to a Cabinet level position.
I support the goals of the program. I want to try to make sure that the quality of this program and the effectiveness is...
I suggested that maybe the SBA and the USDA could work more in partnership.
I think that we have to very strongly consider the flexibility required in our laws today to try to accommodate as many ...
I am often asked to extend H-2B visas to people coming in with special skills, and I am happy to accommodate the industr...
I understand that there is a requirement, I believe, a 30,000 gap in the number of nurses required in Louisiana right no...
I think it is very important for small business to have a seat at the table when these major negotiations are going on.
Under education and training, the State has received $718 million through the Economic Recovery Act for education and tr...
I want our manufacturing sector in the whole Nation to be strengthened.
So I think that our laws, particularly as from our perspective, from Louisiana's perspective, need to really be sensitiv...
I think there is another story to be told.
Our hearing today is looking to provide a snapshot on the impact of manufacturing closures on North Louisiana communitie...
we are absorbing the risk and are in a position to be able to do it.
