WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Caddo-Bossier Parishes Port Commission will receive $22,595,853.00 for the Port of Caddo-Bossier I-69 Connector from the U.S. Department of Transportation's INFRA grant program. The project will connect I-49 to the future I-69 Corridor Project Frontage Road by upgrading and extending Stonewall Frierson Road. "Having reliable roads to connect our ports to th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) hosted the "Louisiana Energy Security Summit: Unleashing American Abundance in a Changing Global Landscape" at the Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge, bringing together leaders from the federal, state, and local government levels, industry, the research community, and elsewhere. In his keynote address, Cassidy highlighted the geopolitical challenges conf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: LAFAYETTE Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) toured the Bayou Bend Health and Wellness Center, which has served patients in St. Mary Parish since 1953 and provides many of the same services a patient can find at hospitals in large cities. "As a doctor, I know that good health care is important for the individual, the family, and the community," said Dr. Cassidy. "Families will move to a communi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Rick Scott (R-FL) today announced legislation to appropriate $20 billion to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to help states recover following Hurricanes Francine, Helene, and Milton. The DRF assists individuals, households, states, and non-federal government entities with recovery foll  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MADISONVILLE, La. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed for Fox News detailing how the Biden-Harris administration has lied to the American people in the four years since Hunter Biden's laptop first surfaced. Kennedy argued that the Biden-Harris administration's continued effort to censor the American people is anti-democratic and immoral. Key excerpts of the op-ed are below: "President Joe Biden   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Louisiana State Rep. Michael Charles Echols from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care: How Management Decisions Have Impacted Patient Care": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to allow me to testify before your steam committee. The issue with Steward Health Group and Glenwood Regional Medical Center has created an imbalance in Nor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by West Monroe Mayor Staci Albritton Mitchell from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Examining the Bankruptcy of Steward Health Care: How Management Decisions Have Impacted Patient Care": * * * Good morning, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and members of the Senate Health, Education and Pensions Committee. My name is Staci Albritton Mitchell, and I am the Mayor of the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * Speaker Johnson released the following statement after the leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, was eliminated by the Israeli Defense Force. "Justice has once again been served by the brave men and women of the Israeli military. Yahya Sinwar, the vile, disgusting person who orchestrated the October 7th massacre, is dead. Sinwar's life was the embodiment of evil and marked by hatred for all   more