Issues

Adoption and Foster Care Reform
There is nothing more important for a child than to be raised in a supporting and loving family. Unfortunately, whether it is due to war, famine, or abandonment here or overseas, too many children lack a family to call their own.
American Competitiveness
The United States is locked in a fierce competition with other nations to remain the world's scientific leader. To succeed, we have to play to win. And that means producing more American mathematicians, scientists and engineers.
Coastal and Levee Protection
One of the nation's greatest environmental catastrophes is slowly unfolding every day in Louisiana. Because of manmade changes to our waterways, the natural replenishment of our coastal wetlands has ended and erosion is slowly destroying our coastline. We lose the equivalent of a football field of land to the ocean every 30 minutes – that's 25 to 35 square miles every year.
Education
Today, too many children across this nation and Louisiana cannot get the education they deserve because their class walls are crumbling, their classrooms are overcrowded, they feel unsafe, or worse still, they are not learning.
HOPE at HOME for Our National Guard and Reservists
Our National Guard and Reservists put their lives on the line to protect our freedom. When they leave to fight for us, they leave their communities and their jobs, and it is our responsibility to make sure that their families are provided for while they are gone. The HOPE at HOME Act will help fill the pay gap created when our troops leave their jobs for the battlefield.
Insurance Crisis
The insurance situation in Louisiana is a crisis. It is a real and growing threat to individual homeowners, to economic development and to the successful recovery of hurricane-damaged areas.
Iraq
I support a new course for our strategy in Iraq. I believe that a full and open debate of this issue is vital for our country, and critical for our democracy. The President needs to provide the American people with measurable benchmarks of victory. This is the only way that the public can have the assurance that we are making progress. Unfortunately, the Administration has not provided such benchmarks. That failure has been a major cause of the policy errors and mismanagement that we have seen far too often in this very difficult situation.
War on Terror
America must never let down its guard against this threat. We need to dedicate the necessary resources, and use them intelligently and strategically, to fight this ongoing battle. The tragedy of the brutal Sept. 11 attacks taught us a deadly serious lesson about terrorism and its threat to our safety and our way of life.