Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder
Louisiana lawmakers will start a special session on Monday to address the state’s unemployment trust fund that’s running out of money, to discuss Hurricane Laura recovery efforts and debate the governor’s coronavirus executive orders. House Speaker Clay Schexnayder says many legislators are concerned with the ongoing COVID restrictions on businesses.
“I think it’s something worth looking at to go in there and make sure that he’s not overstepping his boundaries and to make sure the people have their fair voice in it and we at least have our voice in it,” said Schexnayder.
Edwards says he’s relied on public health experts and the White House Coronavirus Task Force to guide the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. He says there’s evidence the measures they’ve taken are working. But Schexnayder says they are not working for everyone.
“We have a lot of stores out there that are doing fairly well, it looks like the stores are moving and working, but we also have a lot that are not,” said Schexnayder.
Schexnayder says the state’s Unemployment Trust Fund is another major priority. He says the fund once contained one-point-one billion dollars, but now has less than 100-million dollars and once it runs out of money, a higher payroll tax on businesses will kick in.
“There’s a huge responsbility on us to be able to go in there and do something to help these small businesses so they don’t have to feel the wrath of the taxes that will fall down on them,” said Schexnayder.
The special special session will last 30 days and lawmakers can file and consider bills on 70 items.
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