Press Releases
December 17, 2015
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Rep. Richmond (LA-02) issued the following statement after the House passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act.
December 10, 2015
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Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) issued the following statement concerning reports of Iran conducting illegal missile tests.
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December 3, 2015
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Rep. Richmond (D-LA) released the following statement in support of the Every Student Succeeds Act that passed the House of Representatives yesterday.
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November 27, 2015
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Rep. Richmond (LA-02) released the following statement after four soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week at Fort Hood, Texas, including Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason M. Smith from Destrehan, LA.
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November 19, 2015
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Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 Passes in Judiciary Committee
Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) issued the following statement after the Judiciary Committee passed the Sentencing Reform Act of 2015.
November 12, 2015
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Rep. Richmond (LA-02) issued the following statement in support of the rally by the SEIU to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
November 10, 2015
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Today, Congressman Cedric Richmond (LA-02) released the following statement after the passing of Allen Toussaint.
November 5, 2015
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Rep. Richmond (D-LA), Ralph Abraham, M.D. (R-LA), and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Il) introduced the High School Football Safety Study Act, a bipartisan bill that would direct the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, to study the causes of a string of deaths in high school football and deliver recommendations about how to prevent these tragedies in the future.
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October 6, 2015
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Rep. Richmond, Ranking Member of the Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Subcommittee issued the following statement after H.R 3510, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 2015, passed the House of Representatives.
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October 5, 2015
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Today, Rep. Richmond issued the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the filing in federal court of the $18.7 billion settlement agreement with BP to resolve claims over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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