WASHINGTON, July 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on July 10, 2024: * * * Following House passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, Speaker Johnson released a statement condemning the 198 House Democrats who voted against preventing illegal aliens from voting in American elections. "Today 198 House Democrats voted against preventing illegal aliens from voting in American elections. Over the past four years, Joe Biden h  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding left-wing energy policy: "Last week, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Biden Administration's de facto ban on new permitting for the export of America's abundant liquefied natural gas. "As I've said before, the Administration's so-called pause is bad policy   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $16,629,396.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve bus transportation. SporTran Transit will receive $11,169,846.00 to replace diesel-powered buses in its fleet, and Jefferson Parish Transit will receive $5,459,550.00 to replace aging diesel vehicles. "Improving the reliability and efficiency of our public transportation b  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Kenner's Emergency Operations Center will receive $3,247,813.88 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for emergency protective measures as a result of Hurricane Ida. "Louisiana has shown great resiliency in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida," said Dr. Cassidy. "This funding will aid recovery in Kenner and ensure they are equipped for future storms."   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $3,920,157.84 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Hurricanes Laura and Ida Relief. Lafourche Parish will receive $1,751,284.40 in federal funding for permanent restoration of the Tourist Commission Building as a result of Hurricane Ida. The Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lake Charles will receive $  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $5,253,233.53 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Hurricanes Ida and Laura relief. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office will receive $4,010,250.73 in federal funding for emergency protective measures as a result of Hurricane Ida. The Office of Risk Management will receive $1,242,982.80 in federal funding for permanent res  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $882,703.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to advance the technology and equipment of local shipyards. C&C Marine and Repair, LLC will receive $514,263.00 for a plasma cutting table, and Cooper Consolidated, LLC will receive $368,440.00 for a track loader, 9,000 lb. capacity telehandler, backhoe tractor, and four welding machines  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today grilled President Biden's nominee to become deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). He called out DOI for dragging its feet on offshore lease sales in an apparent attempt to indefinitely delay energy production in the Gulf of Mexico. "Will there be a lease sale in 2024?" asked Dr. Cassidy. Nominee Shannon Estenoz responded by citing the Bide  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- 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 make the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) affordable as Louisianans wade through another hurricane season. Cassidy highlighted the uncertainty NFIP's new risk assessment system, Risk Rating 2.0, has caused homeowners who do not know if they can afford rising premiums. This is the four  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and 16 Republican colleagues introduced the bicameral Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act (FICRA) to modernize and streamline the legal framework governing interstate firearms transactions. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA-01) introduced a companion measure in May. Federal regulations prohibit any licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Angus King (I-ME), Chris Coons (D-DE), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced legislation to strengthen America's national security by ensuring the U.S. and its allies can count on diverse and secure end-to-end supply of critical minerals. Critical minerals, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements, are necessary i  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.J. Res. 165, which would overturn the Biden administration's Title IX re-write that imposes radical gender ideology on K-12 schools and universities receiving public funding. Congressman Higgins is an original co-sponsor of the resolution. In April, Congressman Higgins released a statement in support of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.R. 8281, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voters to register for federal elections while enabling states to remove non-citizens from voter rolls. Congressman Higgins is an original co-sponsor of the legislation. "Only American citizens should vote in federal elections," said Congressman Higgins  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC) delivered opening statements in a joint subcommittee hearing to examine the potential for emerging tech  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 9, 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.), and Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas) to discuss legislation on the House floor that protects the integrity of federal elections and the votes of American citizens. Leader Scalise emphasized the impor  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) penned an op-ed in The Washington Examiner sounding the alarm on a new report warning that Social Security is more financially strained than previously thought. A new update from the Social Security Trustees found that it would cost approximately $615 trillion to pay benefits and interest on the debt over time if we allow Social Security to go insolvent. "[B]uried in the d  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MADISONVILLE, La. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,247,814 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid. "Louisianians are still recovering from Hurricane Ida's devastation. This $3.2 million will help cover the costs that the city of Kenner took on for emergency measures during Ida," said Kennedy. The FEMA aid wi  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,920,157 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid. "South Louisiana is working hard to rebuild following the devastation that Hurricanes Laura and Ida caused. This $3.9 million will help Lake Charles and Lafourche Parish restore their facilities and pay for other costs brought on   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,253,234 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid. "Hurricanes Laura and Ida hit our communities in south Louisiana hard. This $5.3 million will help cover emergency costs for Jefferson Parish and restoration efforts for McNeese University's Cowboy Stadium," said Kennedy. The FEMA  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today questioned Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair nominee Christy Goldsmith Romero about Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton LLP's report on the hundreds of claims of harassment at the FDIC. Kennedy's full exchange with Romero is below. Kennedy: "I know you've read the Cleary Gottlieb report. Is that correct?" Romero:   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today urged Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to address the flow of advanced artificial-intelligence (AI) microchips from the U.S. to China. Recent reporting has uncovered that, despite the Biden administration's export controls over the shipment of advanced AI chips to China, an underground market has circumvented govern  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today that his bipartisan legislation with Louisiana's Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. to address America's stillbirth crisis has been signed into law. The Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act amends federal law to clarify that stillbirth prevention activities are an allowable use of federal funds, saving the lives of mothers and babies. "A single stillb  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Speaker Johnson and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Foxx today released the following statements commending House passage of H.J. Res. 165, a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Biden Administration's radical rewrite of Title IX that would erase vital protections for women and girls that have existed for half a century. "Unlike Democrats,   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: This morning, Speaker Johnson and Rep. Chip Roy, primary sponsor of the SAVE Act, joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to discuss the necessity of the SAVE Act becoming law after passing the House yesterday. Speaker Johnson and Rep. Roy also discussed election security ahead of the November elections and the likelihood that President Biden remains as the Democrat nomi  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on July 10, 2024: * * * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement announcing Committee activity in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron deference: "Our Founding Fathers designed the American government with a key aspect to ensure a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government:   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on July 10, 2024: * * * Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement announcing Committee activity in wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo overturning Chevron deference: "Our Founding Fathers designed the American government with a key aspect to ensure a system of checks and balances between the three bran  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 9, 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.), and Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas) to discuss legislation on the House floor that protects the integrity of federal elections and the votes of American citizens. Leader Scalise emphasized the importance of the SAVE Act to  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-LA), Chair of the Congressional Men's Health Caucus, announced the introduction of a bipartisan House Resolution in recognition of National Men's Health Month. This resolution will encourage men to set an example for their families by engaging in preventative health care. "National Men's Health Month encourages men to take proactive steps towards t  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 11, 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 hearing on medical debt. Cassidy's speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders, and thanks to all of our witnesses for j  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- 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, delivered remarks during his roundtable entitled "The Exploitation Crisis: How the U.S. Government is Failing to Protect Migrant Children from Trafficking and Abuse." Since 2023, Cassidy has conducted an i  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- 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, raised serious concerns with President Biden over the state of the Pensions Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). This comes as the PBGC director role remains vacant since former Director Gordon Hartogensis  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on July 11, 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 on the nomination of Deva Kyle to become director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The nomination would fill the vacancy created upon the  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, urged the Biden administration to explain its delays in implementing and enforcing regulations to prevent health information blocking. Information blocking is any practice that is li  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) hosted a roundtable entitled "The Exploitation Crisis: How the U.S. Government is Failing to Protect Migrant Children from Trafficking a  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- 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, along with U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, urged the Department of Education (DeptEd) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to provide a  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced legislation requiring the Department of Education (DeptEd) to make the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form available to students each year on October 1. U  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * SAVE Act is Essential to Protect Integrity of U.S. Elections SAVE Act Resources * * * Background: The "Safeguard American Voter Eligibility" (SAVE) Act, is a commonsense piece of legislation that would strengthen protections against noncitizens and illegal aliens voting in U.S. elections. If signed into law, it would make 6 important policy changes: 1) Require state election officials to ask ab  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson delivered his first major foreign policy address as Speaker of the House at the Hudson Institute. Following his remarks, Speaker Johnson participated in a discussion with Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Keystone Defense Initiative, Rebeccah Heinrichs. Speaker Johnson's three-part policy framework is built upon three key pillars: stre  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Tonight, Speaker Johnson swore in Representative Greg Lopez (R) after he was elected by the voters of Colorado's 4th Congressional District to serve in the 118th Congress. "The House Republican Conference is grateful to the voters of Colorado's 4th district for sending Greg Lopez to Congress," said Speaker Johnson. "Greg's service in the miliary, tenure in the Small Busines  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Tonight, Speaker Johnson joined Laura Ingraham on Fox News's The Ingraham Angle to discuss the SAVE Act - which passed the House this afternoon - and Congressional Democrats' panic about President Biden's decline. On the SAVE Act: Well, it's a very serious problem, and the Democrats are trying to pretend as though it's not. We know that we have millions by our count, we b  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: At the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference this morning, Speaker Johnson argued for the swift passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act which would prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections. Speaker Johnson also highlighted the House's efforts to overturn the Biden Administration's radical Title IX rewrite and called out Congressional Democrat  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Utilizing his "magic minute," Speaker Johnson argued today on the House floor for swift passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) that would increase protections against noncitizens and illegal aliens voting in U.S. elections. "This will be one of the most important votes that members of this chamber will ever take in  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Here's a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week: Defending the Integrity of American Elections from Noncitizen Voting Currently, federal law states that it is illegal for foreign nationals or noncitizens to vote in U.S. federal elections or donate with regards to federal, state, or local elections in order to protect the integrity of our elections. Howev  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: This week, Speaker Johnson delivered a pivotal foreign policy address at the Hudson Institute as NATO leaders arrived in Washington for the annual summit. See what editorial boards, conservatives, faith leaders, and advocacy organizations are saying about Speaker Johnson's speech: "The North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit this week will spawn many discussions about A  more