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Cromer was elected to the House in 2007 when the term-limited Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III, ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate.<ref name=legis/>

Cromer was elected to the House in 2007 when the term-limited Matthew Peter "Pete" Schneider, III, ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate.<ref name=legis/>

   

   

Slidell is also represented in the House by a second Republican, Joseph Kevin Pearson of District 76, who joined Cromer in a dual town hall meeting in April 2011.<ref name=cromer>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregcromer.net/2011/04/08/cromer-and-pearson-to-host-town-hall-meeting-in-slidell/|title=For Immediate Release: Greg Cromer, April 8, 2011|publisher=gregcromer.net|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Cromer served on the House committees on Civil Law and Procedure, Governmental Affairs, and Retirement.<ref name=votesmart/> Pearsonwas chairman of the Retirement Committee.<ref name=cromer/> Cromer and Pearson have developed a close working relationship and often appear together at civic meetings before constituents. The two issued a joint press release in June 2011 on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]: "The economic impact is already being felt in our community, and we will take all appropriate steps to address the situation from every possible level."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregcromer.net/2010/05/04/slidell-legislators-monitoring-oil-spill/|title=For immediate release: Greg Cromer, May 4, 2010|publisher=gregcromer.net|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Cromer has also addressed the issue of flooding in the Slidell area and the required steps to remedy high water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/state_rep_greg_cromer_to_discu.html|title=State Rep. Greg Cromer to discuss flood protection in Slidell|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', June 28, 2011|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref>  

Slidell is also represented in the House by a second Republican, Joseph Kevin Pearson of District 76, who joined Cromer in a dual town hall meeting in April 2011.<ref name=cromer>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregcromer.net/2011/04/08/cromer-and-pearson-to-host-town-hall-meeting-in-slidell/|title=For Immediate Release: Greg Cromer, April 8, 2011|publisher=gregcromer.net|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Cromer served on the House committees on Civil Law and Procedure, Governmental Affairs, and Retirement.<ref name=votesmart/> Pearson was the chairman of the Retirement Committee.<ref name=cromer/> Cromer and Pearson have developed a close working relationship and often appear together at civic meetings before constituents. The two issued a joint press release in June 2011 on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]: "The economic impact is already being felt in our community, and we will take all appropriate steps to address the situation from every possible level."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregcromer.net/2010/05/04/slidell-legislators-monitoring-oil-spill/|title=For immediate release: Greg Cromer, May 4, 2010|publisher=gregcromer.net|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Cromer has also addressed the issue of flooding in the Slidell area and the required steps to remedy high water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/06/state_rep_greg_cromer_to_discu.html|title=State Rep. Greg Cromer to discuss flood protection in Slidell|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', June 28, 2011|accessdate=July 18, 2011}}</ref>  

   

   

Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of Interstate 12 from four to six lanes in the Slidell area, a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project, the [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], a Republican, said that the state has spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone since 2008 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports. The state from 2008 to 2011 spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish.<ref>Christine Harvey, "Widening I-12", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 2, 2011</ref>

Cromer and the St. Tammany legislative delegation worked to procure the widening of Interstate 12 from four to six lanes in the Slidell area, a $26 million project. In the dedication of the project, then [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]], a Republican, said that the state has spent $122 million in transportation projects in St. Tammany Parish alone since 2008 and $3.6 billion statewide on roads and ports. The state from 2008 to 2011 spent $220 million in the I-12 corridor from East Baton Rouge Parish to St. Tammany Parish.<ref>Christine Harvey, "Widening I-12", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 2, 2011</ref>

In 2012, Representative Cromer resigned his membership in the [[conservative]] American Legislative Exchange Council, of which he had been the Louisiana state chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.republicreport.org/2012/louisiana-republican-state-chairman|title=Louisiana's Republican State Chairman of ALEC Resigns from the Organization – Republic Report|date=April 22, 2012|website=Republicreport.org|accessdate=November 6 ,  2017}}</ref>

In 2012, Representative Cromer resigned his membership in the [[conservative]] American Legislative Exchange Council, of which he had been the Louisiana state chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.republicreport.org/2012/louisiana-republican-state-chairman|title=Louisiana's Republican State Chairman of ALEC Resigns from the Organization – Republic Report|date=April 22, 2012|website=Republicreport.org|accessdate=November 6 ,  2017}}</ref>