March 6, 2026

Louisiana Senator Rick Edmonds RETURNS | Local Leaders The Podcast #220

Louisiana Senator Rick Edmonds RETURNS | Local Leaders The Podcast #220
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In this episode, Jim Chapman sits down with Senator Rick Edmonds, the 6th District Senator in Louisiana, who has announced is intention to run for U.S. Congress in Louisiana’s 5th district for a SECOND interview. Senator Edmond’s discusses his early life in Shreveport, highlighting the family values that shaped him and his journey from ministry to politics, spurred by a desire for greater representation after being inspired by Phil Robertson's story.  Edmonds shares his thoughts on the specific issues related to Louisiana’s 5th District and how he is the person you want fighting for you in Washington! 

Chapters
00:57 Welcoming Senator Rick Edmund
02:46 Understanding Closed Primaries
02:58 Discussing the Ten Commandments Bill
09:33 Flood Control Initiatives
13:57 Infrastructure in Livingston Parish
19:35 Tax Reforms and Economic Growth
23:27 Insurance Legislation and Challenges
27:57 Election Reminder

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To Learn More about Senator Rick Edmonds and how you can get involved visit: https://www.facebook.com/RickEdmondsLA/

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Podcast hey, everyone and welcome back To Local leaders the.

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Podcast and here for a second episode Is Senator Rick.

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Edmunds so FIRST i want to welcome you to the

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podcast for a second.

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Time, MAN i can't believe that you hadn't offered me

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the co host job.

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Yet look you got, it you got.

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IT i got a chair waiting on you once you're

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done with what you're, doing which is you're going to

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be hopefully our fifth congressional district guy right here for

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The United states congress.

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MAN i.

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Hope So i'm working hard. Already and what a great.

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DISTRICT i, mean such great. People you, know my senatorial

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district almost all of it is in the in, fact

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all of it is in this congressional Our house district.

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Five So i'm very familiar with EB. R, livingston tangibleh multiple,

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parishes that Of Ols. Franklin he goes all the way To,

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bastrop which is north Of. Monroe, yes it's quite a geographical,

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district expansive.

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DISTRICT a lot of ag in your, district. Yep so

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a little bit.

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Of everything, wrong you, know that whole central part when

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you GET i don't know how familiar that your audience,

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is but you, know WHEN i go to the north

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on this, Side i'll go Through natchez, usually and then

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you cut across and you'll go Through videlia And faraday

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and and then you end up In. Winnsboro so it

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just to take them along that. Path that's kind of

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what it, does straight all the way up to twenty,

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yeah and then you kind of take twenty left or

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west and you'd go just a portion Of monroe up

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To bastrup and then so that's the edge of the

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north west piece up.

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There very, good very.

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Good of, course in the first episode that we, did

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we talked a lot about your, history not only your

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history and, politics but your history in. General we talked

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about where you were, born, raised all that sort of. Stuff,

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today we're gonna be a little more poignant on the,

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issues some of the issues that would come up in your.

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District get your opinions and your thoughts and where you

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stand on. Those but before we do something different with

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this this particular, year and that is it's a close.

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Primary it.

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Is and a lot of people have asked, me what

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is the difference between a closed primary and an open primary.

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That we've had in the. Past so can you explain that?

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Quote, Sure so it used to be you'll hear people

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say it was a jungle.

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Primary SO i play a good.

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Terms the jungle primary meant that anybody that was running

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for an office that were they would all be. Together we, mean, Independence, Republicans,

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democrats no, parties so everybody would be and you had

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to get fifty point one to get move. Forward most

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of the time it didn't. Happen so you'd have the

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top two move. Forward it could be Two, republicans it

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could be Two, democrats it could be one of, each

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and then you go to the general. ELECTION a closed

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primary says that in this, Case democrats can't vote for

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A republican in a closed, Primary independence And republicans can,

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vote and a no party person can declare what they

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are going to do.

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And stay with on this particular.

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Election so In, may we will have a closed Primary may,

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sixteenth and you will have multiple things on the, ballot

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include A United States senate and this congressional. Seat and

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if you're A republican or an, independent you will get

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to vote for multiple candidates of both The United States

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senate And. Congress if you're A, democrat then you won't

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be able to vote for A republican. Candidate you'd have

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to vote for A democrat. Candidate and if you don't

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get your fifty point, one then you'll have a runoff

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five weeks later of the top two of both, parties

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and then ultimately In november you will have A democrat

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and A. Republican so that's the way to'll.

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Fall.

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Gotcha so, essentially and there's still a possibility or is

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there still possibility if there were or in the, primary

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if Two republicans or Four, republicans however many there, are

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you vote for one if they get less than fifty,

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percent is there still a.

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Runoff like top two move forward at the end Of. June,

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Gotcha and ultimately only One republican will move forward Into.

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November.

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Gotcha that's the reason this primary election is so, important

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is that only One republican ultimately is going to move.

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Forward that's exactly WHAT i was leading up. To it's

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it's as important to vote in this, primary if not more,

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WELL i wouldn't say more, important but as important as

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voting in the general election In.

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November, yeah the people are going to decide who the

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one person will be on The november, ballot and there

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will only Be in the, past you could have had

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Two republicans and people might have, said, well we can't,

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Lose we've just got A republican either, way and we

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just picked the one we. Like but in this, case

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you got to do it now In may or In May.

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June you have.

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To pick the person that you think will be the

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fighter that will get the job done In. CONGRESS i

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believe there's a person who can get that.

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DONE i believe so as. WELL i believe so as.

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Well and so we'll move on to some of the

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concerns slash issues and your thoughts on, those And i'm

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gonna start with The Ten.

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Commandments SOMETHING i am in.

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Major support of is just passed was a bill to

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allow The Ten commandments to be placed in.

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Every, school in every, classroom every. Classroom and we passed a.

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Bill my, friend A, Representative Dode, horton who is from

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The Bowser city area up In, Triport, bosure passed a

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bill and it came through AND i quarterbacked that bill

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through The, house excuse, me through The senate Because i'm

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chairman of The Senate Education.

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Committee so we.

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Passed it through and then ultimately passed it out of

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The senate and then ultimately the governor signed. It of,

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course there were lawsuits filed against, it and now what's

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happened is they have. Lost so we moved forward at

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no cost to the. Taxpayer there were there's uh donor

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donors have already lined up to put The Ten commandments

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in every classroom in every public.

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School in the State.

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Louisiana we're leading the nation and we are excited about that.

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That uh you, know you AND i talked off air

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a little bit about, uh you, know you may not

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even agree with The Ten, commandments but, man those are

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ten really solid. Rules if you were a believer or an,

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unbeliever if you just practiced multiples of, these life is

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just going to be better for. People.

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Periods thou shalt not kill those shat not committed. Ultery

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that you, know and.

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You know our fourth fathers they didn't.

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Hesitate this is when you look at the formation Of american,

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government it has it has The bible all over. It

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you have the judicial, system you have the representation that

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was given To, moses the, lawgivery you, have you have

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The Ten. Commandments we didn't hesitate about what we, believed

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and they became our fund founder foundation no.

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Values.

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Yes, now what our children are seeing today is they

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look up and think we don't have any of that

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left because people are fighting it left and right and

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saying that you can't do, this or they're offended by you,

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know it's not. Constitutional our forefathers didn't have.

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Any issues with.

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This they they believe that if you didn't if you

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didn't read The, bible something was something that Miss it

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was missing in your. Life and you know, what there

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is something missing in your life if you just don't

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if you don't Have christ in your, life and you

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don't have Any bible standards to, follow the world's not

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going to be a better. Place, Look i'm very opinionated about.

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That that's, okay that's. Okay let's get into there's even

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going to be a monument.

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Possibly, well you, Know i'm offering a bill this session

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that will come out of The senate and we are

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asking to put a monument at The capitol there on

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the lawn and it will it will basically represent The

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Ten commandments that will be posted In louisiana permanently as

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a part of our land escape at the State Capitol.

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Groundsful So i'm asking.

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My colleagues to join with me on, that AND i

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feel very certain That Governor landry will sign that, bill

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AND i believe we'll have folks that will step up

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and provide that at no cost to the, taxpayer and

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we'll be one of the leading, Again we'll be one

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of the leading states that put great things, enshrined like veterans,

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yes you know The Ten, commandments great heroes that we

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have a. Leadership, yes it's kind of a historical. Thing

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i'm really excited about.

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It, yeah, YEAH i think it's a great thing and

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look forward to hearings and seeing more on that and

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seeing it coming to. Fruition let's talk about comeed, diversion

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canal flood. Control of, course where you're sitting right, now

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where we're recording this was underwater at one point in twenty,

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sixteen so we know we know a lot about floods

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unfortunately around.

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Here, well in this selection, One i'm asking people to

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make such they consider you've got to know something about this.

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District you just can't read about, it you can't hear about,

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It you've got to live. It And i've lived this

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district for the past Since i've been in Baton uge

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since nineteen eighty. Eight i've been In, Livingston paris since

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a by the same, time been involved in all kinds

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of church, work but also in the political realm for,

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many many. Years and twenty sixteen was a devastating flood

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and it didn't just hit a, House it hit entire,

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neighborhoods town, churches, towns all, businesses churches. Had there were

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churches in our area that had over five foot of water.

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Inside there were there were entire neighborhoods that lost everything

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that they, HAD i mean. Everything SO i Remember cindy

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AND i were in with a whole group of hundreds

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of people that we took meals every day for about

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four straight. Weeks we moved out of our house we.

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Had we didn't, flood but we couldn't get it out

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of our, neighborhood so we moved. OUT a friend let

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us move. In we just took our blue jeans AND

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t shirts and tennis shoes and we went and we

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cooked and, prepared and we had chefs come in and

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we loaded up trucks and we loaded up, fans and

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we took thousands of meals all Over South. Louisiana we

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started with peanut butter sandwiches and water on air boats

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because we Couldn't french. Settlement we. Couldn't they didn't have,

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Anything they had any, water anything to.

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Drink.

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Zero so the only way we could do it is

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we had The Cajun navy come in and we loaded

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boats down with meals and we took them where nobody

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could get to you couldn't get a car in, there

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and we did that for weeks to make certain that

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people could. Survive we stood on the streets with people

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THAT i mean everything they. Owned you couldn't even see the.

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House there was so much stuff piled. Up this is

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only twenty. Sixteen this has just, happened and you got

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to live. It and so as a legislator THEN i

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was put on the Comeat River Diversion committee and we've

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been working with the people, nationally federally and people locally

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to make certain that we stayed as involved as we.

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Could this is a multi billion dollar effort that's being.

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Built it's the most movement of anything.

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Like it In.

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America we moved more dirt and tonnage than any dirt

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project in The United states Of. America and that's happening

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in this district that's going to move water From and

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there are people federally and people in this race that

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are apparently that's not for. This and the only reason

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they could be not for, it in my opinion again

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is that they don't live. Here they don't know about

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what we lived. Through, yes maybe they should have been

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in a boat with me at The bethany church In

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baker when you couldn't get a you couldn't get a

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book out of their library for their, school or maybe

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they should have been here In Denham springs where we

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had multiple public schools and middle schools that we had

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to completely evacuate them, completely had to had to change

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our school, schedule will had to change where we had

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to double up to make certain the kids could be.

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Educated, yes my children had to literally go into t

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buildings in a school that did not flood because their school.

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Flooded they were in sixth grade at that, point and

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it was a. Nightmare and and you're dealing with that

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as a parent when everything you own just got washed

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down into the A meat.

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River so, somebody it's very important see. Me you, know

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why are you? Running what are you? DOING i, mean

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why is this? So why are you so passionate about?

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This that's Why i'm so passionate BECAUSE i want to

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go To washington AND i want to be the fighter

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that will say this is what happens in our, district

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and we. Will we're not going to stand by and

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wait for the next. Devastation we're going to move forward

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with projects to move water or to infrastructure or drainage

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to make certain that we are the best shape we

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can possibly be. In and somebody has to live sometimes

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the devastation of humanity in order to know how to

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fight for. It And i'm telling the people on your

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program THAT i am that.

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Guy you are that. Guy and let's move on to.

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Infrastructure, Now livingston parish fastest thrown.

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Parish in the state of amazing and amazing.

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Good friend of mine, says why Not?

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Livingston on everything he, says and the reason he says

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that is we Are we do take some pride and

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being the fastest growing. PARISH a lot of people are

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moving out here because they see potential in our, parish

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and those of us who have been here, forever we love.

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That my question to you is what are plans for?

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Infrastructure is that something you plan on tackling and washing

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one hundred?

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Percent let me Tell i've already tackled it. HERE i

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told you in the last. PROGRAM i, think just briefly

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THAT i was put on The House Appropriations, committee which

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has now been over ten years, ago and we're responsible

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for every budget it no matter what it. Is it

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could be, agriculture it could be. Patrollingum but it's also

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what we do with infrastructure and getting involved in that

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particular time. PERIOD i think we all know the problems

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that we have ON i ten AND i. Twelve SO

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i fought for four hundred and fifty million dollars Of

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garvy bonds that we've seen right, now the projects you

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see In Baton rouge that are almost. Concluded that's the

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money we. Got we got more money than any area

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of anywhere in the, state whether it's Rustin New, orleans

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no matter. What we got the number one line share of.

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That we got that BECAUSE i fought for that over

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in joint but legislative committee on the. Budget and now

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we're culminating those. Projects, well let me add that NOW

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i twelve is a. Nightmare we're very concerned about the

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infrastructure part OF i. Twelve for, example three lanes to two,

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lanes and you, know the car, wrecks the, backups it's just.

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Terrible so what we have to do is is we've

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got to once, again we got to find those dollars

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and then we've got to appropriate those dollars FOR i

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twelve to get us moving as far as we. Can

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the money will. Go SO i want you to KNOW

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i am super committed as part of the next thing

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That i'm going to tackle is for The eye twelve,

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expansion And i'm gonna meet WITH.

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Dotd i've already met with.

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Them i've already gone through The garvy vyone, program which

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is complicated but and we won't go through it today

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because because of. That But i've already met this about

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two months, ago started this discussion WITH dotd that we're

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looking at how we can involve ourselves with the next

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flow of funding moneies that we can find the pot

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of money and get a big portion of that again

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and be able to put it towards the people In Livingston.

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Parish i'm committed to. It i'm gonna get it.

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DONE i believe you.

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Will and and that's what it, takes is it takes

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someone fighting for that and, uh they're just not going

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to turn that money. Over you've got To you've got

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to be a fighter In. Washington you've got to be

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someone that's going to stay on them and and uh and.

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Really promote your state and your need for those federal.

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Dollars you let me add to, that and that there's

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there's more than one approach to do. This some people

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in their style they walk in the room and throw

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grenades in the. Room they just blow everything, up and you, know,

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well that's not my. Style my style IS i begin

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to work with people and to try to get build

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coalitions because you've got to build those coalitions to find

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when you really got to have a, need you got

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to have some people stand with. You so WHAT i

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have done is is there been needs That New orleans,

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HAVE i try to work with. Them Lake charles need a.

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Bridge they do need a. Bridge if you ever drive To,

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texas you'll know how. Desperately so you Know i've still

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with my colleagues In Lake. Charles when people, say, well

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you're not From Lake, charles it doesn't. MATTER i know

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that we need help in living some. Parish, well if

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you don't ever work with someone else and their, need

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you're just not concerned about anything about what happens with.

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Them you're not going to move the needle. Forward it's

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just not going to. Happen so you build these, relationships

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and you know that's the REASON i have so many

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of the local leaders that have already endorsed me and supported.

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Me if you look at, it where.

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There's an ascension parish living some parish ebr TANGIBLE. O

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if you look at and people are, wondering, well why

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are all these people Endorsing? RICK i mean the reason

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is BECAUSE i work with every one of. Them i've

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already built such a friendship and a camaraderie of, saying

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what can we do for our. People i'm so proud of.

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THAT i am so honored that these men and women

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that are in AND i just Picked Livingston paris because

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that's where we are to. Day you, know WHEN i

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look up at the, leadership almost all the main leaders

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Of Livingston parents have already endorsed this. Campaign and they

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know WHEN i get To, washington they know what's going to.

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Happen they know.

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When when the phone rings That i'm going to pick it.

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Up i'm going to make certain THAT i get the

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thing that they. Need i'm going to listen to. Whatever

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let's just say It's randy A lot and it's you,

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know the president of the. PARISH i already built that

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relationship so he can tell, me, hey this is what

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we're really struggling. With help me with, this and he

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KNOWS i. Am you, know if it's A Jeff taylor

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that's going to be with the not just with The assessor's.

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Office but he's looking at because he's parish, committed, Absolutely

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and if you look at somebody's parish, committee they're going

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to pick up the phone and, go, Hey, rick this

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is what's.

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Up can you help us with?

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This we just did the executive airport and just you,

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know trying to get something in here for ten years

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down the. Road last YEAR i was able to secure

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funding to make certain we get the runways, bill or

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if it's The living Some pairs school board and they

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look up and, say, man we're one of the. Best

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we're top ten in the state Of. Louisiana not by, Accident.

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Nope they're. Not that's hard to do when you're the

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fastest growing.

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Path SO i am in love with the opportunity to

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work With Living Some.

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Paris you.

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Know and even as A, senator no matter, What i'm

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gonna work With Living Some. Paris i'm gonna do EVERYTHING

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i can to help this. Growth but to help would

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be such a great family, place a great place to,

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worship great place to. Shop, man what's not to?

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Like what's not to? LIKE i love. It.

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Uh let's talk about everybody's favorite. Topic, taxes you, know the,

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uh the just something tough to it's it's one of those.

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Things there's there's a need for it in some. Circumstances

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but a lot of people think we're ever taxed in

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certain areas and they're looking for some.

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Reductions well have your thoughts on.

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That, well you, know we've we've just passed some sweeping

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legislation that's going to and you're gonna start feeling.

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It we we're at.

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Now what we've instituted is three percent across the board

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personal income. Tax so we've dropped it now from in

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the fours and one time is in the, fives and

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so we've got one single flat tax three. Percent, now

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what our goal is next, year to try to get

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to next year is to get to, zero AND i

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believe we can. Get you see the fastest growing, states

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whether It's florida Or tennessee Or, texas we're starting to

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be listed with those people of, people economic growth that's happening,

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Here education reform is going. On so people are looking

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At louisiana, again one of the things they're interested in

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is what do they say about, Taxes and so we're

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making certain that we get the corporate taxes have been

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reduced in the last. Changes personal income tax have been,

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reduced in the last, changing franchise tax will be. Eliminated

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we've got some vote going to the public In may,

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sixteenth some will for permanent teacher pay. Raise it's all of,

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that all of that. Culminated let me mention one other

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thing to you that people ought to. Know i've been

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a fighter to reduce debt all the way back to

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nineteen eighty. Eight louisiana was in billions of dollars with

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the debt and they just cast it. Forward and we've

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been paying debt and interest for. Decades So i've been

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fighting and joining with colleagues to, say let's pay off

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all the debt we can possibly pay, off so that we,

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can because you, know debt is a. Killer it's a

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killer in your own, pocketbook and it's a killer in

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the government's. Pocketbook you hear how many trillions of dollars

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worth the debt that The feds are in in long term.

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Problems for, That louisiana has to have a balance budget every.

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Year we fight for that balance, budget but we also

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try to keep it. Steady these last couple of three

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years in a row to where we were not increasing

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the need for more money in state. Government this, year

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we'll have another almost zero increase that's going to be

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and you know, what year after year after, year ultimately

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the taxpayer wins on. That that's what, happens and we'll

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be able to return back several hundred million dollars when

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we get rid of personal income.

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Tax that's the next. GOAL i love.

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It and you, know just in the past few, weeks

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we've had several large companies come To. Louisiana AMAZON i

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believe it, was is building a lot of infrastructure. Here

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it's it's thirteen billion dollar facility or something like. That you,

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know that generates money for things like roads and infrastructure

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and paying down. Debt and so these larger companies are

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a big deal when they come To. Louisiana and you're,

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right you see a lot more of interest In. Louisiana

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it seems like in the past year or.

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So, WELL i think it's.

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AMAZING i was In monroe last week And meta is

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up there building which is the biggest project that we've ever,

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seen probably. Historically it's the largest investment prior to.

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Ever, yeah and then you Got.

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Amazon that's, investing and you've got a steel plant that's

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coming In. Donaldsonville and then you got the liquid get

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petroleum that's booming In Lake. Charles so the job market is.

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Incredible it's the best has ever. Been i've never seen

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thing like. It so we're trying to make certain that

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we get our people to stay here and get these

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jobs and prepare them and all. That so that's really

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happening right. Now it's it really is an amazing. Thing

473
00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:18.160
you cannot with Development busiana is it's a national. Issue

474
00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:21.400
people are looking At louisiana and, saying, good what are

475
00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:23.160
you guys doing? Here, yeah it's really.

476
00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:25.519
Amazing, yeah looking at us for the good, thing you,

477
00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:28.839
bet instead of the you, know the negative. Things one

478
00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.920
more topic before we get out of here today That

479
00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:34.400
i'd like to, discuss and that is, insurance something that

480
00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:38.359
there's some concern out there from, people especially with car insurance.

481
00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.759
Rates things like.

482
00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:41.880
That some of that is easy to, control some of

483
00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:44.519
that really hard to. CONTROL i, mean the you, know

484
00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:48.319
the driving has to improve in some, cases the lower

485
00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.160
insurance rates for. Example but let's talk about that for a.

486
00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.200
Minute what are your thoughts on what can be done?

487
00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:57.000
There, yeah so we we've already again you're talking about

488
00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:01.519
multiple bills last. Session in, fact the last two, sessions

489
00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:05.400
we have passed just about it's sweeping legislation that will

490
00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:07.880
whether it's called tort, REFORM a lot of that tort

491
00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:10.960
reform comes in to say in a court, room you

492
00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.559
can't sue for more than what.

493
00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:15.440
Actual medical costs. Are we put those.

494
00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.200
In if you don't have, insurance you, know then you

495
00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:20.480
got to pay to play That we pass. That if

496
00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:23.480
you don't have, it you, know if you're, not if

497
00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:26.559
you're more than fifty one percent responsible for your, accident you.

498
00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:30.279
Can't you, can't you, know get these unbelievable sums of

499
00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:33.119
money that we're coming back through the court system and

500
00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:36.319
so very difficult to, pass and we've the most that

501
00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:39.000
we've ever seen In louisiana. History NOW i want to tell,

502
00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:41.400
YOU i want to be honest with your your, listeners

503
00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.839
because we're all paying high. Insurance we're paying, it you're paying,

504
00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:48.039
It we're paying. It so it's going to take a.

505
00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:50.960
Bit as we're getting more providers that are coming in,

506
00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:54.160
writing and that's, happening we know that that's, occurring it's

507
00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:56.680
going to take a little. Bit for much of this

508
00:24:56.799 --> 00:25:00.880
legislation took place Last. JULY i mean you're talking about

509
00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:04.799
a few months ago for the insurance rates to start to.

510
00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:09.559
Drop there's a little going on in Homeowners we passed

511
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.960
and have been funding a thing called fortified, roofs which

512
00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:17.640
meant in the hurricane, region that's the biggest need of

513
00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:20.119
what insurance companies look up and, go, Oh i'm not

514
00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:22.720
writing in that area because IF i, do they're gonna

515
00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.599
lose their. Roof it's gonna cost us fortune and we're

516
00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:27.640
gonna lose. Money so we put this fortified roof program.

517
00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:31.240
In we Followed alabama on this and we put several

518
00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:34.319
million dollars in with not enough money. Yet but it

519
00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:38.079
puts a different style of roof which it basically helps

520
00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:40.440
when the winds are high to be able to keep

521
00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.359
your roof on.

522
00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:44.319
Your, house which a major. Component that's the.

523
00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:48.319
Idea, ultimately will that save us? Money we believe the

524
00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:52.000
data shows that it. Will these auto reforms in tort, Reform,

525
00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:55.079
ultimately will it save us? Money and the data says

526
00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:58.519
that it. Will AND i don't know how many bills

527
00:25:58.559 --> 00:26:00.640
will be offered this a big. Session i'm not sure

528
00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:02.519
of how many in the insurance that we'll have this,

529
00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:06.480
time but anything and everything that we could possibly look.

530
00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.640
At over the past.

531
00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.480
Two, YEARS i sit On insurance AND i also sit

532
00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.559
on what's Called JUDICIARY, a which is civil, law which

533
00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:17.200
means that's where the lawsuits. GO i sit on both

534
00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.079
of those, committees AND i have moved every BILL i

535
00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:24.839
could possibly move as Your, Senator i've moved every BILL

536
00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:27.039
i could possibly move THAT i had the opportunity to

537
00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:30.759
move and vote for and, LISTEN i keep doing.

538
00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.519
IT i make my.

539
00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:34.680
COMMITMENT i am, reading, learning. Growing i'm not an insurance,

540
00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:38.440
agent that's not my. Background BUT i have went to every,

541
00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:41.799
meeting every committee, meeting every special. HEARING i went to

542
00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:44.440
all of them and to try to learn EVERYTHING i

543
00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:47.119
could learn to try to pass the right. Legislation And i'm.

544
00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.440
TRYING i am. Trying, Yeah and you.

545
00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:52.319
KNOW i think what a lot of people are looking

546
00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:54.200
for is just wight at the end of the tunnel

547
00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:57.599
and know that people are working in the right. Direction

548
00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:00.359
AND i know you're doing. That i'll see you doing

549
00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:04.519
that currently in The, senate SO i know that will

550
00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:08.519
continue in the Fifth district congressional.

551
00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:11.279
Seat, well you, Know i've Been i've been, healthy and

552
00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:14.920
uh that's a big part of SO i hadn't been

553
00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:18.839
a sickly, person Or i'm not, lazy or you, Know i'm.

554
00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.640
Motivated SO i want your people to know when you elect,

555
00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:24.839
me you get a guy that goes to work just

556
00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:27.680
like they. DO i don't sit there and, say WELL

557
00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:30.160
i got. Elected now you. Know Now i'm on Easy.

558
00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:32.680
STREET i look at just the. Opposite you send me To,

559
00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:35.480
Washington here's what you're gonna. Get you're gonna. DO i know,

560
00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:38.359
EVERYTHING i don't know. Everything CAN i fix? EVERYTHING i

561
00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:41.440
can't fix. Everything But i'm gonna be, there and i

562
00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:43.359
am gonna be there every, day And i'm gonna be

563
00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.680
in every committee meeting i'm assigned, to And i'm gonna

564
00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:48.000
be right there with speaker To Mike, johnson And i'm gonna.

565
00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:50.319
Listen i'm gonna, Learn i'm gonna, work and i'm gonna,

566
00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:54.200
fight And i'm gonna be the voice that these people.

567
00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:58.240
Expect they're LET i am the voice for this. District

568
00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.920
so IF i don't show up and have a, voice

569
00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:03.720
these people don't have a. Voice they don't have anybody

570
00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:06.880
to go speak on their. Behalf it's not my, district

571
00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:09.920
it's our. District so my goal is to go and

572
00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:12.200
be the voice that they want me to, be AND

573
00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.960
i want them to be proud of their. VOICE i

574
00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:16.839
want them to Know i'm not going To washington. Play

575
00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:19.559
i'm not going To washington to just have. FUN i, like,

576
00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:21.880
SURE i like to, travel but it's not about. Travel

577
00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.920
it's not about any of. It it's about hard, work

578
00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:28.200
it's about it's about. Diligence it's about dedicating yourself to

579
00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:31.920
the people of this wonderful. District So i'm asking them elect.

580
00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:34.759
Me please give me the. Chance if you, don't then

581
00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:36.880
you can pick somebody. Else give me that. SHOT i

582
00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.400
won't let you.

583
00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.480
DOWN i don't think we cant it any better than.

584
00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:46.799
That one more. Time the voting voting day Is may.

585
00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:51.680
Sixteenth may, sixteenth be. There it's close primary this, year

586
00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:54.359
so make. SURE i, mean whatever you've got to do

587
00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:58.039
to be there and, vote please do. SO i want

588
00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.119
to thank you for coming on.

589
00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.319
AGAIN i love.

590
00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:03.160
It you're welcome to come back anytime that you want

591
00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:05.079
to get a message. OUT i promise You i'll do

592
00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:07.640
my very best to push it. Out AND i want

593
00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.839
to thank all the listeners Luck Senator edmund's first, podcast

594
00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:14.960
great numbers on that, PODCAST i was really.

595
00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:16.839
Happy to see. Those thank you so much for sharing.

596
00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.920
IT i saw a lot of you.

597
00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:22.119
Did and until next time for local, Leaders i'm your,

598
00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:24.319
Host Jim, chapman much, love