JEREMY'S VALUES
Education
Jeremy believes education is the foundational cornerstone for a successful life.
In order for our children to excel, we must start early and allocate necessary resources that will ensure academic success in their future. Just as learning starts at birth, so too should our efforts in educating our children. From birth to four years of age is an extremely critical time in the development of children. We need to encourage local school systems to begin investing in Pre-K development in order to better prepare our children for a 21st century learning environment. Jeremy has worked to guarantee that quality education investments begin at birth, and he has assisted local efforts to provide our children the opportunity to realize their potential and dreams from the earliest possible age.
Having attended and graduated from public schools for his own education (Elementary, High School, College & Law School), public education is very important to Jeremy. He understands the importance of educational access for every child, no matter their financial situation or location. Jeremy continues to fight to ensure that every student has access to a quality school and educational opportunities.
Jeremy has worked to ensure that our high schools offer not only college-bound curriculum, but strong technical skills classes as well for those students who do not wish to attend a university after graduating high school. He fought for our universities being fully funded in order to keep our best and brightest students in Louisiana and worked to bring stakeholders together in order to maximize the opportunities for everyone in this state.
Infrastructure
Jeremy believes infrastructure is fundamental to improving quality of life.
Jeremy worked to address Louisiana’s outdated infrastructure, while taking a common-sense approach to how he tackles them. Fixing and improving our roads, bridges, internet access, drainage, and more will improve the quality of life for all Louisianans.
Jeremy has a long history of coalition building by bringing people together from a multitude of different backgrounds and walks of life in order to complete common objectives. That’s exactly how he co-authored legislation that secured Louisiana’s largest infrastructure investment in thirty-years, without raising new taxes on our citizens. This investment improved roads, bridges, ports, and water and sewer systems across the state, as well as finance mega projects such as the Hwy 415/LA 1 Connector Project and the source funding for the New Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge. As well as secured $800 Million in funding to improve and update water and sewer systems, especially in rural areas. He also helped secure approximately $2 Billion for high-speed internet access across Louisiana.
Economic Development
Jeremy believes that District 18 has most of the necessary components to become a regional economic engine.
As a former board member of the Pointe Coupee Chamber of Commerce, an owner of a small business, and an Attorney who has represented hundreds of businesses in Louisiana, Jeremy has a firm grasp of the complex issues faced in today’s business market. Jeremy will work tirelessly to synergize the stakeholders to continue working together toward common goals to improve our area.
We are surrounded on all sides by large industries: we have a port system that gives us access to the Mississippi River, Atchafalaya River, Red River, Intracoastal Canal and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as one of the largest rail yards in United States and a multitude of natural resources such as oil, gas, lakes and rich fertile earth to cultivate various agricultural crops. Yet, we struggle to bring all of the cumulative parts together to move us forward regionally. As your representative, Jeremy will work to rectify this issue. Jeremy believes that the number one priority for economic growth in District 18 is the construction of a new bridge over the Mississippi River as well as the expansion and construction of the connecting roads that goes to it. Jeremy will work with other elected officials and stakeholders to obtain funding in order to begin construction. It will be no small task, but our area cannot afford to put this off any longer. This new bridge would attract additional industries, create new jobs, assist in growing our tax base organically and would put an end to the billions of dollars in losses our local companies lose each year while their employees sit in bumper-to-bumper gridlock.
Public Safety
Jeremy believes law enforcement officers deserve to have the tools they need to successfully serve our communities.
Jeremy will fight to improve and strengthen public safety across Louisiana. As a father of three young children, Jeremy knows the importance of keeping our communities safe from crime. He is focused on building an environment for Louisiana where all our children can feel safe and thrive.
As a former prosecutor, Jeremy knows safety starts with making sure law enforcement has the resources they need to do their jobs and protect our communities. Our first line of defense in preventing crime and solving it is having law enforcement that is equipped with everything they need to get the job done. Jeremy is a strong advocate for families and law enforcement in the fight against crime. While in serving in the legislature, Jeremy fought to strengthen and improve public safety by voting for supplemental pay increases for first responders and law enforcement officers.
In fact, he has an A+ rating from the Sheriff's Association for every year he has served in the legislature!
