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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for Sunday March 31, 2024 ( 14 items )  

'An Abuse of Parole by Design': Homeland Republicans Demand Answers From Biden Administration on CBP One Mass-Parole Scheme
WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, issued the following news release: This week, House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Border Security and Enforcement and Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairmen Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Dan Bishop (R-NC), held a hearing to examine the Biden administration's use of the CBP One app to mass-parole hundreds of thousands of inadmissi  more

Graves and Peltola Urge Biden to Immediately Halt Unsafe Shrimp Imports
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola, D-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately halt shrimp imports into the United States from India, following concerning reports of severe food and safety issues and labor violations in Indian shrimp processing facilities. The reports highlight that shrimp imported from India are farmed and  more

Graves and Peltola Urge Biden to Immediately Halt Unsafe Shrimp Imports
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola (Alaska) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately halt shrimp imports into the United States from India, following concerning reports of severe food and safety issues and labor violations in Indian shrimp processing facilities. The reports highlight that shrimp imported from India are farmed and the  more

Higgins Announces $3.1M for Flood Mitigation in Calcasieu Parish
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Mar 28, 2024 | Press Releases, Uncategorized Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that FEMA is awarding $3,105,068.70 million in hazard mitigation grants for flood prevention efforts in Calcasieu Parish. The grant program is made available through the major disaster declaration for Hurricane Laura (DR-4559-LA), which Congressman Higgins supported. The funding includes: Much of our official   more

Higgins Announces $4.3M in Funding for Projects in Louisiana's 3rd District
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Louisiana's 3rd District will receive an additional $4,300,000 in Community Project Funding through H.Res. 1102, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Higgins previously announced $40.4 million in Community Project Funding through H.Res. 1061. "I opposed House Resolution 1102 because of the total level of overall spending and the   more

Senate Health Committee Ranking Member Cassidy Calls Out Biden 'Walkaround' Rule Prioritizing Union Agenda Over Worker Safety
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, called out the Department of Labor's (DOL) final rule that allows outside union officials to inject themselves into non-unionized workplaces by participating in Occupational Safet  more

Senate Health Committee Ranking Member Cassidy on Official Determination That Central States Must Return $127M Wrongfully Paid for Dead People
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 25, 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 following the Biden administration instructing Central States Pension Fund to return the $127 million that it was wrongfully paid as part of the Democrats' $9  more

Senate Health Committee Ranking Member Cassidy Rebukes New Biden Rule Restricting Health Coverage Options, Increasing Costs for Americans
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, rebuked the Biden administration's final rule restricting access to short-term insurance coverage, increasing the cost Americans pay for health care. "This new rule is what peop  more

Senate Health Committee Ranking Member Cassidy Seeks Answers on HHS Cyberattack, Failure to Notify Congress of $7.5M Theft
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- 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, is seeking answers from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on its failure to notify Congress of a cyberattack against the agency, resulting in the theft of $7.5 million in taxpayer dollars   more

Speaker Johnson Appoints Congressman John Moolenaar to Lead Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between U.S., China
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Speaker Johnson appointed Representative John Moolenaar (MI-2) to serve as Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Speaker Johnson and Representative Moolenaar released the following statements: Speaker Johnson statement: "John Moolenaar will be an exceptional chairman for the House Select Committee on  more

Speaker Johnson Meets With Gov. Abbott in Texas State Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas, March 30 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson met with the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, and expressed his steadfast support for the Governor's efforts to secure the Texas-Mexico border. The two also discussed ways to hold the Biden administration accountable for its refusal to enforce laws intended to protect Americans from national security threats coming across the southern border. Spe  more

Speaker Johnson Responds to Mexico Lopez Obrador: 'Absurd'
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Speaker Mike Johnson released the following statement in response to Mexico's President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's interview on 60 Minutes. During the interview, President Lopez Obrador suggested that to secure the border, the United States should send $20 billion a year to support other countries' economies, lift sanctions on Venezuela, end the Cuban embargo and grant citizenship   more

Speaker Johnson, Impeachment Managers Call for Public Trial of Alejandro Mayorkas, Announce Date of Transmission of Impeachment Articles
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Today, Speaker Mike Johnson joined the House impeachment managers sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling on the Senate to expeditiously schedule an impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Secretary (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas, following the House's vote to approve two articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas. The impeachment managers are  more

Speaker Johnson, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Leader Jeffries Issue Statement on Evan Gershkovich
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Senate Minority Leader McConnell, and House Minority Leader Jeffries released the following statement marking one year since the Russian government detained Evan Gershkovich. "Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin's governmen  more