Explore Tia’s Policy Goals
Making life better for our future generations, one step at a time.
Our Culture
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Our Economy
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Our Land
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Our Culture ✳︎ Our Economy ✳︎ Our Land ✳︎
Our Culture
Smart Immigration Reform
Secure the border with modern technology and targeted enforcement.
Increase staffing to process asylum and immigration cases faster.
Create a pathway to legal status for long-term residents who pass background checks and contribute to their communities.
Protect Dreamers brought here as children.
Expand legal immigration pathways for industries facing labor shortages.
Ensure employers who knowingly exploit undocumented labor are held accountable.
Education
Universal Early Childhood Education
Universal access to high-quality preschool.
Expand childcare assistance for working families.
Increase wages and training opportunities for early childhood educators.
Strengthen Public Schools
Increase teacher pay through federal-state partnerships.
Reduce reliance on standardized testing.
Expand and modernize career and technical education.
Increase support for special education services.
Improve school facilities and technology access.
Higher Education and Workforce Training
Two years of tuition-free community college.
Expanded Pell Grants.
Increased support for apprenticeships and skilled trades.
Student loan reform and repayment assistance for public service workers.
Protect Personal Freedoms
Defend healthcare access.
Protect voting rights.
Support equal protection under the law.
Preserve privacy rights and individual liberty.
Our Economy
Lower Taxes for Working Families
Expand the Child Tax Credit.
Codify the Earned Income Tax Credit
Increase tax relief for middle-class households.
Close loopholes that allow billionaires and large corporations to pay lower effective tax rates than working families.
Oppose tax giveaways to profitable corporations that fail to create local jobs and invest in communities.
Support tax incentives for small businesses, family farms, commercial fishermen, and local entrepreneurs.
Lower Insurance Costs
Create a federal National Disaster Insurance Program to stabilize home insurance in disaster-prone states.
Increase federal investment in flood mitigation projects that lower risk and premiums.
Expand grants for home elevation and hurricane hardening.
Hold insurance companies accountable for unfair claim denials.
Affordable Housing
Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
Incentivize the construction of affordable housing for teachers, nurses, first responders, and young families that use Universal Design for Housing.
Expand down-payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers.
Crack down on large investment firms purchasing single-family homes and driving up prices.
Expand housing assistance for seniors and veterans.
Strong Louisiana Economy
Invest in ports, waterways, roads, and bridges.
Expand support for small manufacturers and local industries.
Prioritize federal contracts for American-made products.
Support workforce development partnerships with community colleges and trade schools.
Promote entrepreneurship in rural and coastal communities.
Our Land
Coastal Protection & Restoration
Fully fund Louisiana coastal restoration projects.
Increase federal investment in marsh creation and hurricane protection systems.
Expand relocation assistance for communities facing severe land loss.
Require industries benefiting from coastal resources to contribute to restoration efforts.
Treat coastal erosion as a national security and economic issue.
Energy Expansion Without Sacrificing Land
Louisiana can lead America's energy future while protecting our people.
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Offshore wind development where appropriate.
Solar energy expansion on industrial and disturbed lands.
Advanced nuclear research and deployment.
Hydrogen development with strong environmental safeguards.
Grid modernization and energy storage.
Oil and gas jobs during a responsible energy transition.
Oppose
Carbon capture and sequestration projects imposed on Louisiana communities.
Eminent domain for private carbon pipelines.
Long-term underground CO₂ storage projects that threaten groundwater, property rights, or public safety.
Data centers that consume massive amounts of water and electricity without providing substantial local employment.
Federal subsidies for projects that export profits while leaving Louisiana with environmental risks.
Community Consent Requirements
Require meaningful local input before approving major industrial projects.
Strengthen environmental review processes.
Increase transparency regarding project risks.
Ensure communities receive direct economic benefits when hosting major infrastructure projects
Government Reform
Put People Before Politics
Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.
End Citizens United.
Strengthen ethics rules.
End special privileges for elected officials.
End pay for Congress during government shutdowns.
Uncap the house for better representation.
Support term limits through constitutional reform.
Seven-year limit to become a political lobbyist after serving in federal elected office.
Moratorium on corporate lobbying for four years.
Court Reform & Judicial Integrity
Our courts should serve the Constitution and the people—not political parties. Confidence in the judiciary has declined because many Americans increasingly view judicial appointments as political prizes rather than impartial selections based on qualifications and merit.
Restore Balance to the Supreme Court
Expand the Supreme Court from 9 to 13 justices to reflect the growth of the federal judiciary and the 13 federal circuit courts.
Ensure that no single president has an outsized influence on the Court for generations.
Create a more representative and balanced Supreme Court capable of handling an increasing caseload and complex constitutional questions.
Establish Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices
Replace lifetime Supreme Court appointments with staggered 18-year terms.
Guarantee regular appointments regardless of which party controls the White House.
Reduce the incentive for strategic retirements and politically motivated confirmation battles.
Mandatory Retirement Ages
Establish a reasonable mandatory retirement age for federal judges, such as 70 years old.
Create a predictable transition process that maintains institutional knowledge while ensuring the judiciary reflects contemporary legal realities.
Merit-Based Judicial Selection
Create an independent Judicial Qualifications Commission composed of legal scholars, retired judges, attorneys, ethics experts, and citizen representatives.
Develop a transparent rubric-based evaluation system focused on:
Legal expertise
Judicial temperament
Ethics and integrity
Constitutional knowledge
Professional experience
Commitment to equal justice under the law
Require judicial nominees to meet established qualification benchmarks before being considered for appointment.
Reduce the influence of partisan politics to preserve constitutional checks and balances.
Stronger Ethics and Accountability
Establish a binding code of ethics for Supreme Court justices.
Require enhanced financial disclosures and transparency.
Create independent review procedures for ethical complaints.
Strengthen recusal standards when conflicts of interest exist.
Protect Judicial Independence
Preserve courts as an independent branch of government.
Prevent political retaliation against judges for unpopular rulings.
Ensure that judicial decisions are guided by the Constitution and the law rather than partisan pressure.
The goal of court reform is not to favor one political party over another. It is to create a judiciary that is transparent, accountable, qualified, and trusted by the American people. A healthy democracy depends on courts that are viewed as fair arbiters of the law rather than extensions of political power.
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Closing Message
Louisiana has powered America, fed America, and defended America for generations. It's time Washington invested in Louisiana families.
We can protect our culture, strengthen our economy, and fortify our land while ensuring every family has a fair shot at prosperity, security, and opportunity.
-Tia LeBrun