Louisiana Sixth District Congressman Cleo Fields held a town hall meeting before a standing room only crowd at the city council chambers Tuesday, March 18. The meeting was one of several the Congressman is holding throughout his district during the month of March. Fields is returning to Congress after a reprise of almost 30 years.

After an introduction by Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams, the State Champion Lakeview Girl’s Basketball team was recognized and presented with a commemorative proclamation by Congressman Fields.

Fields spoke about “What’s Happening in Congress?”, touching on possible cuts to Medicaid and the SNAP (Food Stamp) programs. He also addressed “What’s in the Budget?” in which the Congressman spoke of possible cuts to various governmental programs. The remainder of the program consisted of a question and answer session with the audience.