WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and 42 colleagues introduced a formal challenge to the Biden administration's regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval. The resolution comes after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rules that impose unrealistic emissions requir  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Office of Risk Management will receive $2,247,178.79 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the replacement of the Fairview-Riverside State Park dock, pier, and fish cleaning station as a result of Hurricane Ida. "Louisiana's communities are resilient through storms, and our state parks are no different," said Dr. Cassidy. "This funding will  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Rapides Area Planning Commission will receive $384,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve mobility issues in the region thanks to his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The funding will build a new transit vehicle inspection and training center which will be used by six rural transit providers and 13 providers of transpo  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) urged Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), two unfair provisions penalizing local and state government workers receiving Social Security, ahead of a U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee field hearing on Social Security. Cassidy entered a statement for the record since he was unable to attend the field hearing in Oh  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, as part of a congressional delegation trip. Cassidy joined American and French leaders and veterans at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer for a ceremony to honor the Allied Forces who fought on D-Day. While in Normandy, Cassidy paid his respects and laid flowers on the graves of L  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor demanding Congress take action to halt the massive hikes to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) premiums caused by Risk Rating 2.0. Cassidy shared stories from constituents struggling to keep up with the premium hikes, highlighting how the insurance crisis is hurting Louisiana families. "The National Flood Insurance Pro  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden's Executive Order on immigration. "There has been nearly 10 million illegal crossings in just over three years under Biden," said Dr. Cassidy. "In the first three years of Trump, that number was 1.57 million illegal crossings. In the first three years of Obama, that number was 1.36 million illegal crossings. Why   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), James Lankford (R-OK), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) requested a detail report from U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the U.S. Treasury Department's enforcement of forced labor sanctions against those responsible for the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity faced by the Uyghur people in Communist China. "Uyghur Muslims are fac  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and 32 colleagues filed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule that targets U.S. businesses that support Americans' exercise of their Second Amendment rights. "The Bureau of Industry and Security--which no one has ever heard of--does  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), and 29 colleagues introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that imposes burdensome federal staffing mandates on long-term care facilities and will force many rural nursing homes to shut their doors. If the rule goes into effect, less than   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that he has been selected to serve on the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees defense policy, ongoing military operations, and reforms to the Department of Defense. "I am honored to join the House Armed Services Committee. This is an important position for Louisiana's military bases, personnel, and defense contractors," said Congressman Higgins. "A  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) issued the following statement after President Biden issued his election year immigration Executive Order: "President Biden's Executive Order is nothing more than a desperate political stunt to t  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Rep.) -- House Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minnesota, issued the following statement on June 4, 2024, with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York: * * * Whip Emmer, Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, and Chairwoman Stefanik issued the following statement after President Biden issued his election year immigration Executive Order: "President Biden's Executive Order is nothing more than a d  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,247,179 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid. "Louisiana's state parks are a big part of what makes our state so special. This $2.2 million will help the Fairview-Riverside State Park in St. Tammany Parish recover from the damage Hurricane Ida caused to its dock, pier a  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, met with Judge John Gleeson, a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, to discuss the unprecedented recent breakdown in bipartisan decision-making at the Commission. In the meeting, Kennedy shared his concerns about the partisan path that the Commission has taken in recent years. In a sharp break from its traditional bipartisan practi  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Watch Kennedy's full remarks here. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined colleagues to explain the why the Biden administration's new executive order will not secure the southern border. Key remarks from Kennedy are below. "President Biden is in trouble politically. He's polling right up there with fungal infections. Part of the reason for that is that he gave in to the loon wing of his party, and he di  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MADISONVILLE, La. - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and 42 other colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to block the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing its plan to regulate emissions from power plants that run on coal and natural gas. On April 25, the Biden administration's EPA   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MADISONVILLE, La. - Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 44 other Republican senators introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing a rule that would allow unaccompanied children at the border to be placed in the custody of unvetted sponsors. "Pres. Biden's failed policies led to a  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) issued the following statement after President Biden issued his election year immigration Executive Order: "President Biden's Executive Order is nothing more than a desperate political stunt to try and stabilize his plu  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Congressman Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) to discuss Democrats' abuse of the justice system to target President Trump. Leader Scalise pledged that House Republicans would be looking into  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Congressman Michael Guest (R-Miss.), and Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) to discuss Democrats' abuse of the justice system to target President Trump. Leader Scalise pledged that House Republica  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, blasted the Department of Labor (DOL) for illegally withholding $800 million in federal funding from the State of Florida as retaliation against the state's recent efforts to protect workers from uni  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's Democrat-led hearing on abortion. Cassidy's speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders. Let's table set: This is an ele  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement after his vote to oppose the Democrats' so-called "Right to Contraception Act," legislation that is so broad it promotes chemical abortion drugs and disregards th  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, requested feedback from stakeholders on ways to modernize federal law to allow independent workers access to portable workplace benefits like retirement and health care. At least 27  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, blasted the Biden administration for illegally obstructing the Government Accountability Office (  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism released the following testimony by prison reform advocate Terrance Winn from a hearing dated May 21, 2024, entitled "An Examination of Prison Labor in America": * * * Hello and thank you everyone for the opportunity to address you today. My name is Department of Corrections Number 296659 or Terrance Winn, a native of the plantation known as Angola by way of Shreveport. Angola is also known as the  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson announced a bipartisan Congressional Delegation led by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) traveling to Normandy, France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. On Thursday, June 6, the delegation will take part in observances of the anniversary along with veterans and their families, active duty servic  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson announced a bipartisan Congressional Delegation led by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) traveling to Normandy, France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. On Thursday, June 6, the delegation will take part in observances of the anniversary along with veterans and their fami  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 2, 2024: This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday to discuss Republicans' efforts to combat the weaponization of the justice system, Democrats standing against Israel, and President Biden's last-ditch effort to convince voters he cares about border security. On combatting Democrats' weaponization of the justice system: What we'll do with our tools that w  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Last night, Speaker Johnson joined The Mark Levin Show to discuss the Democrats' double standard for judicial oversight, potential remedies for President Trump, and the unprecedented weaponization of justice against the frontrunner of a U.S. Presidential election. "It's undermining the people's faith and our system of justice itself. And to me, that is the greatest threat that transcends ev  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on June 3, 2024: * * * Today, Speaker Johnson released the following statement after the White House announced that it would veto H.R. 8580, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. "The Biden Administration's veto threat sends a terrible signal to our nation's allies and adversaries alike. "The President's push toward radical and woke policies is   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 3, 2024: This evening, Speaker Johnson swore in Congressman-elect Vince Fong (CA-20) to serve in the 118th Congress. "House Republicans are grateful to the voters of California's 20th district for sending Vince Fong to the 118th Congress," said Speaker Johnson. "Rep. Fong's conservative record in the California State Assembly and his wealth of previous experience as a Congressional  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Opposing Unjust ICC Warrants for Israeli Leaders On May 20, radical International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan announced he is seeking warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. * * * ICC requests arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Here's a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week: * Opposing Unjust ICC Warrants for Israeli Leaders On May 20, radical International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan announced he is seeking warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. This is absurd.   more