Press Releases
Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Christopher Whittington Statement after President Obama’s Health Care Reform Town Hall Meeting
Yesterday, President Obama held a town hall meeting in Annandale, Virginia to talk to citizens about their struggles with the health care system and what we need to do to ensure that every American has access to quality, affordable health care. After the town hall meeting, Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Christopher Whittington issued the following statement in support of President Obama’s efforts:
Press Release · Jul 2, 2009
Events
2009 Jefferson Jackson Dinner
Keynote Speaker: James Carville
Price $155 Per Person
$1,500 per Table
Event Details · Jul 11, 2009
News Article
Gov. Jindal's transparency antidote
Louisianians need to know as much as possible about how officials, including the governor, make decisions and about how those who influence public-policy decisions. Gov. Jindal should support those efforts, not defeat them.
News Item · The Times-Picayune · Jun 9, 2009
Tax-break delay makes sense
To help deal with a projected $1.3 billion deficit, the Jindal administration has proposed $219 million in cuts to higher education on the heels of a mid-year cut that has already been imposed.
News Item · The Daily Advertiser · Jun 9, 2009
Where is our Jindal?
Why is our governor, well educated himself and a former college system leader, so slow to take up the cause of higher education? On one hand, he urges young people to stay in Louisiana; on the other, campuses, on his watch, may experience savage cutbacks.
News Item · The News-Star · Jun 2, 2009
Villere stunt demeans law
Despite his repeated preaching about transparency in government, Jindal has fought to kill any reforms that would improve public access to Governor's Office records. ... Public records laws -- whatever [Louisiana GOP Chair Roger] Villere, or for that matter, Jindal, thinks, are fundamental to the public's ability to know what the government is doing with the taxpayers' money. Filing a sweeping request on the basis of [Karen Carter-] Peterson's speech was the kind of juvenile political move one might expect of a college party club, not a serious leader of a major political party.
News Item · The Advocate · May 26, 2009
Humiliating the House
Perhaps someone can find in the State Capitol a soul credulous enough to believe Gov. Bobby Jindal or his top aides had nothing to do with the shameful episode in which two members of the House hid in the Governor's office one evening last week rather than show up for two critical committee hearings.
News Item · The Advocate · May 18, 2009
Vitter blasted on FEMA delay
The White House on Wednesday blasted U.S. Sen. David Vitter for holding up the nomination of the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator.
Noting that the start of hurricane season is only three weeks away, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called the Louisiana Republican's hold on Craig Fugate "political posturing."
News Item · The Advocate · May 7, 2009