Speaker of the House Clay Schexnayder
Governor John Bel Edwards has said the House of Representative’s petition that attempted to cancel his coronavirus restrictions has helped lead to a third surge in coronavirus cases. But House Speaker Clay Schexnayder disagrees with the governor’s opinion.
“I don’t think the legislature had any control over the numbers going up as far as where they were headed before the petition was signed at all,” said Schexnayder.
Schexnayder says the legislature never informed the public that restrictions had been lifted after the petition was signed, but Attorney General Jeff Landry did…
“We did not work with him on those announcements that’s strictly on his office that had done those. Once the legislature had completed its job as far as the petition, we were done,” said Schexnayder.
A Baton Rouge judge recently ruled the petition as unconstitutional.
In an interview with WWL radio, Schexnayder says he supports Governor Edwards’ efforts in handling the coronavirus pandemic but wishes there was more communication with legislators.
“And that’s the part the governor and I can work on moving forward to be more open communication and getting things done to benefit the people of Louisiana,” said Schexnayder.
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