WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $3,568,827.01 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Ida relief. "Louisiana communities are resilient no matter the storm," said Dr. Cassidy. "This funding will help with the continued recovery and return our communities back to wholeness." Grant AwardedRecipientProject Description$1,312,777.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE -Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) hosted his final rural community funding summit of 2024, to connect elected leaders in the Capital Region with opportunities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to improve roads, fix sewage and water problems, and reduce their risk of flooding. "We have a partnership with mayors and other leaders in the Capital Region to use the B  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: LAFAYETTE Yesterday, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) spoke before the Rotary Clubs of Crowley and Rayne, and hosted a rural community funding summit in Rayne, to highlight the opportunities available for communities in Acadia Parish to benefit from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). "Part of my goal in writing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill was to help growing communities in Aca  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: METAIRIE This morning, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) participated in the grand opening ceremony for the National Alliance of Mental Illness's (NAMI) mid-city New Orleans campus in Southeast Louisiana. This follows a merger of NAMI's New Orleans and St. Tammany branches to found a Southeast Louisiana affiliate, in order to better deliver mental health care services for people in the region. "I app  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) visited with farmers in Port Allen and Jennings, to discuss the next Farm Bill and what Louisiana's farmers need to continue feeding our state and the world. "Our farmers and fishermen produce the best sugarcane, rice and seafood in the world," said Dr. Cassidy. "It's my goal to protect them against unfair, foreign competition, to keep crop insurance affor  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today released a legislative framework to address site-neutral Medicare payment reform to lower health care costs for patients and save taxpayer dollars. Current Medicare regulations allow hospitals to take advantage of the higher Medicare payment structure for hospitals, allowing them to charge the highest possible price for services that can be d  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Rick Scott (R-FL) announced plans to introduce the Restoring an Economic Lifeline with Immediate Emergency Funding (Relief) Act that would replenish the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Program. On October 15th, the SBA announced the Disaster Loan Fund had run out of money. The senators plan  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a video today outlining conservative policy solutions to help address the affordability crisis impacting American families. "American families have struggled to make ends meet under the Biden-Harris economy," said Congressman Higgins. "We need conservative policies and a cooperative executive branch to restore strength and prosperity. Smaller government, lower taxe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced legislation that would redirect unobligated dollars from the Economic Support Fund, a part of the April 2024 Ukraine supplemental funding package, to FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund and offer critical recovery help for Americans impacted by natural disasters. In April 2024, the Economic Support Fund was appropriated for an additional $8 billion for budget support. Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) visited Asheville, North Carolina with Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) alongside Congressman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Congressman Mark Alford (R-Mo.), and Congressman Mike Collins (R-Ga.) to tour communities devastated by Hurricane Helene. Leader Scalise met with local officials, volunteers, and small business owners wor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- 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 $3,568,827 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid. "Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Ida damaged many facilities across south Louisiana, including educational buildings and churches. This $3.6 million will help communities rebuild and recover from some of the high co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- 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 a $4,680,568 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid. "Hurricane Laura devastated Lake Charles, leaving churches like the Church of the King with heavy storm damage. This $4.7 million will benefit the people of Lake Charles as they work to recover from the pain Laura   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) announced today that his office is calling on the White House to help provide temporary housing in Western North Carolina in a timely manner following reports that it took the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) five months to provide temporary housing in Louisiana and a year in Maui, Hawaii. There are currently 2,581 families displaced b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Kaitlyn Joshua, a mother from Louisiana who was denied of medical care while experiencing a miscarriage, from a Sept. 24, 2024, hearing entitled "Chaos and Control: How Trump Criminalized Women's Health Care": * * * Good morning. Thank you, Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Senate Finance Committee for having me here today. My name is Kaitlyn Joshua and I'm from Louisiana. I'm here t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2024: * * * Today, Speaker Johnson released the following statement after Chairwoman Virginia Foxx and the House Education and Workforce Committee released a report concerning antisemitism on the nation's "elite" college campuses. Read the full report about antisemitism at Harvard, UPenn, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Barnard, Rutgers, Northwestern, George Washington University, UC-Berkeley,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: (Click here to download and here to watch) Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) showcased his recent "Louisiana Energy Security Summit: Unleashing America Abundance in a Changing Global Landscape" in a new video. The summit, hosted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in mid-October, brought together leaders from the federal, state, and local government, industry, the research community, and elsewhere. During his ke  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2024: * * * On the one-year anniversary of being unanimously elected by his Republican colleagues as Speaker of the House, conservatives are rallying behind Speaker Johnson. Here's what they are saying: "Speaker Johnson stands ready to work with President Donald Trump to secure the border, tear up the administrative state, lower taxes, cut spending, and protect traditional Amer  more