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(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sens. David Vitter made the following statement in reaction to news reportsregarding President Obama’s announcement that the “U.S. would resume the military tribunals for Guantanamo terrorists that he unilatera lly suspended two years ago, and he may even begin referring new charges to military commissions within days or weeks.”

– United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., announced today that President Obama has nominated New Orleans City Attorney Nannette Jolivette-Brown to be a U.S. District Judge in New Orleans.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today welcomed President Obama’s support of the Empowering States to Innovate Act first proposed by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Scott Brown, R-Mass.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today joined other members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation in signing and delivering a letter to President Obama, explaining reasons why it is in the best interests of both the Gulf Coast and national economies to end the ongoing de facto moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today commented on Sen. David Vitter, R-La., placing a hold on Daniel Ashe, President Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., sent a letter to President Obama today, urging the president to request from Congress an immediate $1.565 billion in emergency supplemental funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Recovery Fund (DRF).

WASHINGTON – The Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today called on the Obama Administration to request at least $1.56 billion of emergency funding for FY 2011 to cover a shortfall in the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).

7th District Congressman Charles Boustany does not hold much hope that President Barack Obama's budget for 2012 will do good things for our country.

Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, New Iberia) reacts to the announcement that only 36,000 new jobs created in January:

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Political leaders in south Louisiana are asking President Barack Obama to meet with them to discuss how local economies have been hurt by the slowdown in offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW IBERIA, LA – Today, Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, LA-03) praised U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson’s verdict that the federal government has no constitutional authority to force Americans to purchase privately-distributed products, such as health insurance.

NEW IBERIA, LA – Amid the continuing unrest in Egypt and the speculation of a Suez Canal shutdown – causing the largest single day increase in the price of crude oil since 2009, Congressman Jeff Landry (Republican, LA-03) has called on the President to allow domestic oil and gas drillers to get back to work immediately in order to lower the price at the pump.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser plans to send a letter to President Barack Obama today asking him to meet with coastal leaders who are still dealing with the aftermath of the BP oil spill.

River pilots and exporters are warning that the mouth of the Mississippi River is silting in, threatening a major commercial route, because there is not enough money to pay for dredges that normally keep the channel open.

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., released a statement tonight responding to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter today made the following statement outlining what he expected the president to address tonight in his State of the Union address.

The defacto drilling moratorium that exists in the state is giving businesses, that's according to U.S. Senator David Vitter.  Vitter spoke to Bernadette Lee and Ken Romero on the Morning Report.

When President Obama gives his State Of The Union speech this week, members of Louisiana's congressional delegation will buck a long- standing trend of separate seating--based on political party.

WASHINGTON—United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., announced on her Facebook page today that she and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, will sit together during the president's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

The presidential panel investigating the BP oil well blowout says that a series of risky decisions that saved time and money caused the disaster — and the incident could happen again without significant reforms.