Helping Restaurants Keep Their Doors Open
Our neighborhood restaurants continue to struggle as COVID restrictions come back into place in many areas of the country. Since the beginning of COVID-19, I have pushed to ensure restaurants receive vital assistance in relief packages like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) so they can keep their doors open and pay employees throughout the brutal stretches of the pandemic.
Now, many of those same small businesses are counting on us to deliver for them once again. That's why I'm proud to co-sponsor the Entrepreneurs Need Timely Replenishment for Eating Establishments (ENTRÉE) Act to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) and make much-needed reforms to the program.
By repurposing unspent COVID relief dollars, this bill provides a commonsense solution to fix the RRF and help restaurants keep their lights on as they work around the clock to serve their communities and get back on their feet.
Fighting President Biden's Devastating, Anti-American Energy Policies
Just one day after praising a bill built on the anti-American oil Green New Deal, President Biden turned around and begged OPEC+ to increase production of foreign oil to meet our economy's needs and offset the skyrocketing prices at the gas pump created by his Administration's mile-high inflationary policies.
Since taking office, President Biden has waged war on American energy independence by killing the Keystone pipeline, cancelling oil and gas lease sales, and allowing Russia to complete its Nord Stream 2 pipeline. He has left American families and businesses shouldering the burden of soaring gas prices and an increase in the cost of everyday household products.
President Biden’s inflation agenda has now made our country more reliant on energy from foreign nations, many of which don’t like us and have weaker environmental standards. Instead of begging OPEC+ to increase production in order to lower energy costs for Americans, the United States would be better off putting Americans in the energy sector back to work producing American energy resources to meet the needs of both our economy and the global economy by, once again, becoming a net exporter. The world should be able to rely on the U.S., not OPEC+ or Russia, to provide oil and gas.
Meeting with St. Tammany Leaders on Flood Protection Efforts
Yesterday, I met with St. Tammany Parish leaders and officials with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to discuss flood protection measures for Northshore communities, including the ongoing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood protection study. I have been fighting to get flood protection for St. Tammany since I first came to Congress, which is why I secured the funding for this study. This is just the first major step of many, and I will continue to advocate for comprehensive protection for St. Tammany Parish.
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