It is vitally important that we retain access to all public waters.

But I gather that the state said, listen, based upon our data there is no reason to have a marine reserve or restricted fishing.

yesterday, May 22, 2016, our Nation celebrated National Maritime Day. The United States has always been and will always be a great maritime nation. My home State of Louisiana ranks first in the Nation in economic impact from America's…

I have a sense that BOEM decided what they wanted and they worked backwards to find rationale.

When we see market share it actually releases tons more greenhouse gases. That is not hyperbole; that is literal.

Does a small vocal minority override that overwhelming other wide support?

How difficult would it be to screen children at first grade for the presence of dyslexia?

It is unfair to the child, and it is a disaster for this country in a global world to lose those resources.

That's not a reading gap. That is an achievement gap.

Today there are schools available to help kids fight and defeat dyslexia. Schools, such as the one Senator Cassidy and his wife have created, provide a model for what could be a solution.

It is the definition of penny-wise and pound-foolish.

If we don't address this problem, I think we'll see a tremendous surge in violence, a tremendous surge in incarceration.

If you've got a condition affecting 20 percent... Is it excusable that we're not screening?

the urgent need to find a bipartisan way to get this done.

today I wish to recognize seersucker manufacturers and enthusiasts across the United States. I wish everyone a Happy National Seersucker Day. This uniquely American fashion has a storied history dating back to 1909. Louisiana is proud to…

Making a change to the IMD Exclusion is the right thing to do and will result in more timely access to life-saving inpatient treatment.

if the Clean Power Plan rule raises energy costs, that will put our economy at a economic disadvantage relative to countries overseas.

this amendment pertains to the sale from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It merely gives the government the authority to time that sale. We can buy oil high or buy oil low, but we should sell it higher. All this amendment does--a…

The Paris Accords--in the Paris Accords, the use of forests as carbon sinks has increased by 100 percent.

This recommendation would seem somewhat arbitrary, again according to Chief Tidwell, excludes his ability to market his wood.

Empirically, though, it is true, those States that emit the most carbon have the lowest energy costs, those that emit the least have the highest, in some cases, triple, and if input--if your cost of energy is an input into your cost of…

today I wish to celebrate April 17 as World Hemophilia Day where we recognize the serious challenges of the 20,000 Americans who suffer each day from hemophilia and where we raise awareness to fight for a cure. Hemophilia is a rare genetic…

I rise in support of designating the Shreveport Federal Building as the ``Tom Stagg Federal Building and United States Courthouse.'' The Honorable Thomas or ``Tom'' Eaton Stagg, Jr., of Shreveport passed away last June. He was an…

I want to know exactly what we are doing for children with dyslexia, not as part of a bigger group.

Are you screening, are you intervening at grade one, not at grade three when it's too late, it's not going to happen.