I will continue to work through the appropriations process to bring home more funding for our region.
She will continue working through the appropriations process to bring more federal funding to Louisiana's Fifth District and region.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official press-release listing says Letlow delivered $2.2 million to enhance economic development in West Feliciana Parish and secured over $2 million in Community Project Funding for St. Francisville infrastructure and revitalization.
The official press-release listing says Letlow secured $6.6 million in infrastructure funding for Ouachita Parish, including highway, storm drainage, and sewer infrastructure through Community Project Funding.
Letlow's FY25 Community Projects page lists requested appropriations, including $2,028,900 for St. Francisville's Commerce Street Multimodal Revitalization Project, $3,680,000 for Ouachita Parish's Capels Road Corridor, and $2,700,000 for Monroe storm drainage and sanitary sewer work.
Letlow's FY2026 page lists Community Project requests such as $2,000,000 for Upper Amite River flood reduction, $4,000,000 for Delhi Hospital expansion, $1,400,000 for police cruisers, and $8,500,000 for a Livingston Parish emergency operations center.
Letlow's FY2027 Community Projects page lists new requests including Richland Parish fire equipment, St. Helena disaster-preparedness storage, rural law-enforcement equipment, Monroe water-system modernization, Tallulah water-plant rehabilitation, and multiple transportation projects.
Letlow's official committee page lists her on the House Committee on Appropriations and on Agriculture, Labor-HHS-Education, and National Security/State appropriations subcommittees.
Letlow's office said the FY2024 Agriculture appropriations bill included four of her Community Project Funding requests totaling nearly $7 million for rural healthcare, agriculture research, and first responders in parishes within her district.
Congress.gov records H.R.4366 as Public Law No. 118-42 on March 9, 2024, providing FY2024 appropriations including Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Interior-Environment, and Transportation-HUD bills.
Congress.gov records H.R.2882 as Public Law No. 118-47 on March 23, 2024, providing FY2024 appropriations including Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative Branch, and State-Foreign Operations bills.
The Clerk records Roll Call 102 on concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R.2882 with an amendment; the motion passed 286-134 and Letlow is listed as voting Yea.
Assessments
The promise was to continue using the federal appropriations process to bring additional funding to Louisiana's 5th District and region. The evidence shows Letlow submitted Community Project Funding requests, served on the House Appropriations Committee, voted for FY2024 appropriations legislation, and, most importantly, her office reported secured district funding including $6.6 million for Ouachita Parish infrastructure and about $2.2 million for West Feliciana/St. Francisville economic development and infrastructure. Those are concrete federal funding outcomes during her ongoing House service, so the promise is fulfilled in the same term.