Time for action not words.
Via KPLC
Louisiana got a new U.S. senator on Tuesday when the 114th Congress got underway.
After a December runoff during which republican Bill Cassidy defeated incumbent democratic Senator Mary Landrieu by a huge margin, Cassidy,the former congressman for the Louisiana’s 6th Congressional district gained a new title during a brief swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill.
On the eve before he took the oath as a senator Cassidy stood in the marble-filled Russell Building rotunda and talked about his excitement over the chance to serve as Louisiana’s junior U.S. senator.
“What an incredible honor to represent the people of Louisiana,” said Sen. Cassidy.
With Cassidy joining republican Senator David Vitter, it is the first time in more than a century that Louisiana will not have a democrat among the nation’s 100 senators.
“Mary Landrieu was the last of the last, she was the last white Democrat from the deep-south in Congress,” said Tulane Political Analyst Mike Sherman.[…]
The 114th Congress ushered in the GOP’s total control of the house and senate. Cassidy says his priorities include fighting to increase revenue sharing dollars for Louisiana from drilling in the outer-continental shelf.
“Under our state’s constitution it goes to coastal restoration, so not only does it create jobs and diversify the United States energy portfolio, but it rebuilds our coastline,” Cassidy stated.
He will also vote again to repeal the president’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, and Cassidy will vote in favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline when it comes up for a vote again in the senate. When Landrieu finally landed a vote on the issue in the waning days of the campaign, the measure failed.