Nobody should be laboring under the misapprehension that this is just another surge. We`ve already had three of these. This is the worst one we`ve had thus far.

We are very unfortunately in a position that we had hoped that we had pray that we`ve worked very hard to avoid. But quite simply, the Delta variant is an absolute game changer, superimposed as it is in Louisiana on a state that is not sufficiently vaccinated.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards acted early.

I strongly reported the police's decision to release that footage.

Climate change is a serious threat to Louisiana.

The 45Q tax credit, I think, is the lynchpin for that.

I am here today to urge the Congress and the Administration to do two things.

the demand is not elastic.

the pause works against that

It is a minimum of $50 billion.

I do think that a state should be able to make that decision.