[StBernard] eupdate 9 29 09

[Westley Annis]

e-update 
09.29.09

 

This month, we recognized  the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Rita's impact
on Louisiana.  I also  made a move to reduce the power of the president's
"czars" and to increase our  gas and energy exploration to help reduce costs
and create new jobs.

Below you can read about  these and other issues that I'm working on, such
as ensuring that your tax  dollars don't go to ACORN.

 

 David Vitter 

P.S. - Please feel free to forward the newsletter to your friends, neighbors
and business associates, and encourage them to sign up for their own copy by
visiting my Web site at http://vitter.senate.gov/.

 

REMEMBERING HURRICANE RITA
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease
s&ContentRecord_id=a9aeaded-b5f7-8c3f-0327-de8ee0e2879b&Region_id=&Issue_id=

> 


This past week, we paused  to remember the impact of Hurricane Rita on
southwest Louisiana.  Rita's  significant impact on our state is often
overlooked by the devastation of  Hurricane Katrina but this event affected
the lives of hundreds of thousands of  our friends and neighbors.  On the
fourth anniversary of Rita's impact, I  wanted to remember this event and
recognize the spirit and determination of  southwest Louisianians as they
continue the recovery process even today.   Read the text of my full
statement here
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease
s&ContentRecord_id=ec606e41-fd44-faff-c8b1-d7d0e9cf09b1> . 

REINING IN THE PRESIDENT'S "CZARS"
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Multimedia.Video&Video
_id=a480f4f5-ff80-9c29-a66f-f03579833652&PageNum=1>  


This month, I filed an  amendment that would limit the power of the
president's "czars" to make and  implement policy.  These advisors now
number somewhere in the 20s, and  they wield significant power over domestic
programs and government agencies  despite their not being approved by the
Senate like members of the president's  cabinet.  You can read more about
this amendment here
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease
s&ContentRecord_id=c99a7b6b-e394-c745-a608-d7f0f7985ee1&Region_id=&Issue_id=

> .


PROMOTING OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN THE OCS
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease
s&ContentRecord_id=a5c7bfc8-911e-9383-e487-9677914c8615&Region_id=&Issue_id=

> 


Last year, the  prohibitions on OCS drilling expired, allowing us to move
ahead with a more  sensible approach to gas and energy exploration that
would allow us to greatly  reduce costs on American families.  But now we
are seeing delays from the  Obama Administration that would stall that
progress we made.  That's why I  filed an amendment to the
Interior-Environment appropriations bill that would  prevent funds from
being used to delay the implementation of an expanding  drilling program
that would boost our economy and increase our gas and energy  supplies. You
can learn more about the amendment here
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease
s&ContentRecord_id=de6652cd-fe0c-6e3b-3765-9a2d7965e749&Region_id=&Issue_id=

>  at my website. 


ENSURING THAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS DON'T GO TO ACORN
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.Articles&Con
tentRecord_id=aa3358f4-bc07-2119-528a-603e6f8b4470&Region_id=&Issue_id=> 

Over the past year, we've  all seen stories about the voter fraud and other
allegations against the  activist group ACORN.  Last week the U.S. Senate
voted to block future  taxpayer dollars from being awarded to ACORN.  But
this month, it came to  my attention that ACORN had been awarded a $1
million grant from a program that  was designed to assist firefighters and
fire departments.  This is simply  unacceptable, and I wrote a letter to
Homeland Security Secretary Janet  Napolitano asking her to rescind this
grant and see that this money goes to  those fire departments in the need of
most assistance.  To learn more  about this situation, click here
<http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRelease
s&ContentRecord_id=e307d5e4-9743-9700-2e21-d3592343849b&Region_id=&Issue_id=

> .