U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., (R-Southwest Louisiana), today announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Enforcement (BOEMRE) awarded a $63,600 grant for the overlay and realignment of Admiral Doyle Drive in New Iberia, the primary access route to the Acadiana Regional Airport.

Washington D.C. - U.S. Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr., (R-Southwest Louisiana), today announced the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Enforcement (BOEMRE) awarded a $63,600 grant for the overlay and realignment of Admiral Doyle Drive in New Iberia, the primary access route to the Acadiana Regional Airport.

On Monday, Congress reconvened in Washington for the final session this year to finish the work of the people before the new Congress is sworn in.  The Capitol has been abuzz with the bustle of new members working their way through orientation, adjusting to their new role as elected representatives from their home states.

The Republican-led House of Representatives needs more information and accountability from the Obama administration about its efforts to create the leverage needed to make progress with China on a range of crucial economic issues ranging from currency undervaluation to indigenous innovation, Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) said yesterday (Nov. 16).

Washington, DC – Representative Charles Boustany, (R-Southwest Louisiana) today congratulated Congressman John Boehner (R-Ohio) on his formal nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Congressional Republicans are moving to ban earmarks in the next Congress, a move that current and former Louisiana lawmakers say could undermine the state’s ability to corral federal dollars and direct the Army Corps of Engineers to pay attention to the state’s special hurricane-protection and flood-control needs.

Service and sacrifice were the bywords in Lafayette and Abbeville on Saturday during programs shining a spotlight on Louisiana’s military veterans.

ABBEVILLE — Sixty-six years is a long time to wait for something.

Out of gridlock might come some positive measures, as a new Republican majority in the U.S. House looks for ways to make constructive deals with the White House.  One obvious point of potential agreement: trade.