Press Releases
December 21, 2012
Press Release
U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond (LA-02) welcomed new assignments to the House Judiciary Committee and the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee while continuing his service as Assistant Whip and on the House Committee on Homeland Security and for the 113th Congress.
December 21, 2012
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Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA) sent a letter to Bruce Greenstein, Secretary of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, requesting details on the Jindal Administration’s plan for ensuring Louisiana’s most vulnerable residents have access to health care.
December 18, 2012
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U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond, D-La., released a statement after Huntington Ingalls Industries wrote to the AFL-CIO about future operations at Avondale shipyard.
December 14, 2012
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Rep. Richmond released this statement after a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut
December 11, 2012
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U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond, D-La., and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced $14.3 million for hurricane recovery grants related to Hurricane Katrina to the City of New Orleans for road and street repairs, as well the St. Bernard Parish Sanitary Sewage Collection System.
December 6, 2012
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Rep. Richmond issued the following statement in response to United States Attorney Jim Letten’s resignation.
December 5, 2012
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Congressmen Cedric Richmond and Steve Scalise commended the passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate amendments to H.R.2838, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2012 which passed by voice vote.
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November 28, 2012
Press Release
Rep. Richmond issued a statement in response to the cease-fire brokered with the help of the United States, ending eight days of deadly bombings and airstrikes between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
November 15, 2012
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Rep. Richmond issued a statement in response to the proposed settlement between BP and the Department of Justice which includes fines of $4.5 billion and guilty pleas to 14 criminal counts.
November 15, 2012
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Rep. Richmond issued a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder in response to recent news of further misconduct in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana which resulted in the demotion of First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jan Mann.