Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association

06/14/2025

06/13/2025

🚨 Speaker Alert! 🚨
We’ve lined up a powerhouse group for this year’s LOMCSA Summer Convention 🎉

🎙️ Moon Griffon – Political firebrand & Louisiana radio legend
🏛️ Jim Nickel & Rep. Dixon McMakin – A candid, colorful recap of the 2025 Legislative Session
⛽ Annie Gauthier, 2026 NACS Chairman – A national look at the future of fuel and convenience

📍 You won’t want to miss this one!
📅 Join us this summer and get informed, inspired, and connected.

05/29/2025

Urge Senators to Vote ‘Yes’ on the Credit Card Competition Act!
Senators Marshall and Durbin filed an amendment aka the Credit Card Competition Act to the Senate’s stablecoin cryptocurrency bill. The amendment would require that credit
cards issued by the largest U.S. banks have at least two unaffiliated payment networks -
ensuring competition in transaction routing.

Click Here to Act:

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05/28/2025

Lower Credit Card Fees Will Help Louisiana’s Small Businesses Compete

Louisiana’s small businesses are the backbone of our economy, but we are being squeezed by credit card swipe fees that have grown unchecked. That’s why Congress must pass the Marshall-Durbin Amendment as part of the GENIUS Act—to finally introduce real competition to the credit card market and ease the pressure on Main Street.

Today, Visa and Mastercard control roughly 80% of the credit card market and use that dominance to impose ever-rising swipe fees. These fees—charged every time a customer pays with a credit card—are among the highest in the world. For small businesses across Louisiana, they’re an unavoidable cost that eats into our margins and forces many of us to raise prices just to stay afloat.

But we’re running out of room. Higher prices drive customers away, and the cycle continues. What we need is a fairer system—one where card networks compete on cost and service, not on monopoly power. That’s exactly what the Marshall-Durbin Amendment offers. By requiring that at least two unaffiliated networks be available to process credit card transactions, the amendment will break the stranglehold and give merchants a real choice.

This is not a partisan issue—it’s a practical fix to a structural problem. For too long, Louisiana businesses and consumers have paid the price while profits flowed to Wall Street. The Marshall-Durbin Amendment is our opportunity to change that.

I urge Sens. Cassidy and Kennedy to support this reform. Let’s level the playing field for Louisiana businesses and give our customers a break from rising costs.

Natalie Isaacks
President/CEO
Louisiana Oil Marketers & Convenience Store Association
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05/23/2025

🇺🇸 **LOMCSA Proudly Represents Louisiana at EMA Day on the Hill** 🇺🇸

LOMCSA was honored to represent Louisiana at this year’s **EMA Day on the Hill** in Washington, D.C. Our members joined fellow fuel marketers nationwide to meet directly with lawmakers and advocate for the critical issues impacting our industry.

From energy policy and regulatory reform to small business protections and credit card swipe fees, we made sure Louisiana’s voice was heard loud and clear.

Throughout the day, our team held productive conversations with members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation, emphasizing the importance of common-sense policies that support our businesses, employees, and customers.

👏 A special thank you to **Josh Milazzo**, **Frank Marcello**, **Nick St. Romain**, and **Natalie Isaacks** for representing LOMCSA with passion and professionalism. Your leadership and dedication continue to make a real difference for our industry.

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05/21/2025

🚨 UPDATE: HB 228 – Internet Lottery Expansion 🚨

Thanks to your calls and emails, HB 228 was deferred in committee today after testimony from the bill’s author, Rep. Vanessa LaFleur.

❗️However, this fight is not over.

Rep. LaFleur announced plans to convert the bill into a study resolution on iLottery, with intentions to reintroduce this legislation in the 2026 Session.

What HB 228 Would Have Done:
Allowed 24/7 online sales of lottery tickets, bypassing local stores

Harmed small businesses that rely on in-store lottery sales and foot traffic

Increased access to gambling on smartphones, with fewer safeguards for vulnerable communities

We will remain actively engaged and continue to push back against any proposal that hurts Louisiana retailers and expands online gambling at the expense of families.

📣 Stay alert. Stay vocal. We’ll need your voices again in 2026.

05/21/2025

The average American unknowingly pays over $1,100 a year in swipe fees, which goes straight to Wall Street banks.

The Credit Card Competition Act would bring real competition to credit card processing, just like we already have with debit cards.

Senate Vote Coming Soon- Ask Your US Senator to support the Credit Card Competition Act - NOW

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05/19/2025

🚨 ALERT: Say NO to HB 228 – Internet Lottery Expansion in Louisiana 🚨

HB 228 is a dangerous bill that would allow the Louisiana Lottery to sell lottery tickets online, bypassing local convenience stores and opening the door to 24/7 online gambling access.

❌ Hurts Local Businesses – Small retailers across Louisiana will lose foot traffic, lottery commissions, and vital sales that keep them afloat.

❌ Targets Vulnerable Citizens – iLottery preys on those already struggling—low-income families, youth, and people battling gambling addiction.

❌ Removes Safeguards – No in-person age verification, no ID checks, and no accountability. Just a smartphone and a credit card.

This bill is scheduled to be heard in the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday, May 21 at 10:00 AM.

👉 We must protect Louisiana’s families, small businesses, and values. Tell your legislators to vote NO on HB 228.

04/28/2025

New ad, “Don’t California our cars,” urges Congress to overturn EPA authorization of CA gas car ban
The ad launch coincides with U.S. House of Representatives and Senate introductions of Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions setting up the overturn of EPA’s issuance of a waiver green-lighting California’s Advanced Clean Cars II. 2024 exit polling showed 67% of voters oppose gas car bans and EV mandates.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is out with a new ad—Don’t California our cars—urging Congress to overturn EPA’s 2024 rule authorizing California’s ban on sales of new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles.

04/24/2025

EMA Joins Letter Urging Department of Labor to Rescind the Overtime Rule
Last week, EMA joined a coalition of like-minded businesses, the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity, in a letter to the Department of Labor urging rescission of the Biden-era overtime final rule.
Read Letter Here: