WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE - Today at the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Mrs. Latifa Ekhteiary reunited with her husband, Mr. Bostan Rizaye, her sons Mohammad and Abdussalam Rizaye, and her sister Ms. Shahr Bano Ekhtiyari. The family had been separated while fleeing Afghanistan over two years ago following the administration's botched withdrawal from the country. With Latifa was her one-year-old daughter, who was bor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Department of Transportation will grant Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District $3,320,00.00 in Maritime Administration (MARAD) FY23 Marine Highway Grants from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The funding will be used for the procurement, delivery, and assembly of cargo transloading equipment. "Improving Louisiana's marine highway tr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) participated in a fireside chat with AARP this morning to discuss the future of Social Security. America needs a bipartisan solution to save all Americans from a 24% cut in Social Security benefits in nine years. Cassidy outlined the "Big Idea" from his bipartisan Senate Social Security working group that will build a bridge to solvency and secure it for decades to c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO), and U.S. Representative Maria Salazar (R-FL-27) announced Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) will join their Americas Trade and Investment Act, or Americas Act, as co-lead in the House of Representatives. The Americas Act would create an ever-expanding and permanent trade partnership of Western Hemisphere countries and counter Chi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Improving Employment Options for DI Beneficiaries Act to make it easier for Americans with disabilities to apply for the Social Security Disability Program and cut waste in the program by improving vocational data and eligibility criteria. "Individuals with disabilities should not be unfairly penalized because of outdated dat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Rick Scott (R-FL) and 44 Republican colleagues urged Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to reverse his recent announcement loosening the Senate dress code to no longer require business attire for members on the Senate floor. "The Senate is a place of honor and tradition, and the Senate floor is where we conduct the business of the American people,"   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) and Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a cabinet-level federal agency. This bipartisan proposal would drastically improve FEMA's ability to prepare, respond, and recover. As it currently stands, bureaucratic red tape within the Department of Homeland Secur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) is awarding $3,320,000 to the Port of Morgan City for the procurement, delivery, and assembly of cargo transloading equipment. The United States Marine Highway Program funding, which is made available through regular appropriations, will provide the port with a 220-ton  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Armed Services On Tuesday, September 19, the House Armed Services Committee held a full committee hearing on defense cooperation with Taiwan. Members pressed Department of Defense and State Department officials on the unacceptable backlog of FMS aid for Taiwan and President Biden's   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2023: * * * House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement today after a federal judge ordered a halt to a Biden Administration decision to reduce the acreage of Lease Sale 261 and impose additional restrictions on operations as part of a back room deal with radical environment extremists: "I applaud the Court for correctly deciding that th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Here's what to watch for from House Republican committees during the week: Armed Services On Tuesday, September 19, the House Armed Services Committee will hold a full committee hearing called "Defense Cooperation with Taiwan." On Wednesday, September 20, the Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation will hold a hearing called "Industry Perspectives on Def  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Upholding Americans' Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Once again, Democrats are disregarding the Constitution in order to subvert Americans' Second Amendment rights. On September 8, 2023, New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham issued an executive order temporarily suspending open and concealed carry laws in Albuquerque and Bern  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and other Banking Committee Republicans in sending a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson about the agency's racial equity housing plans, which encourage discrimination on the basis of race. These plans pursue a discriminatory agenda rather than focusing on inc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced a resolution urging all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to spend a minimum of 2% of their gross domestic product on defense.  "Friends tell friends the truth: By not meeting their own pledge to spend 2% of GDP on defense, our NATO allies are opening the door to further political instability. Every member of N  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and 44 other Republican senators in demanding that Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) restore the traditional, business dress code for senators on the Senate floor. "For more than 230 years, the United States Senate has served the American people with honor and dignity. As members of this esteemed body, we understand the seriousness our p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) introduced bipartisan legislation that would establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a cabinet-level federal agency. This bipartisan proposal would drastically improve FEMA's ability to prepare, respond, and recover. As it currently stands, bureaucratic red tape within the Department of Homeland Secur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- 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 today's markup of health care reauthorizations. Cassidy's speech as prepared for delivery can be found below: Thank you, Chair Sanders. You know, we can agree with the diagnosi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- 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, requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the Department of Education's (ED)   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced that the Senate has designated September 16 through September 23, 2023 as National Estuaries Week to promote the protection and restoration of America's estuaries.  "Louisiana works hard to protect and rebuild our eroding coastline which is an economic and communal lifeline for our state," said Dr. Cassidy. "Protecting our e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Kennedy (R-LA) today applauded the Senate passage of their resolution recognizing the Louisiana State University (LSU) Fighting Tigers baseball team for their 2023 College World Series National Championship. The hard-fought series against the Florida Gators resulted in LSU's seventh national championship title. The resolution congratulates Head Coach Jay Jo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: The Senate passed Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Bill Cassidy's (R-La.) resolution to recognize the Louisiana State University's (LSU) Fighting Tigers baseball team for winning the 2023 College World Series National Championship. The hard-fought series against the Florida Gators resulted in LSU's seventh national championship title. "Louisianians are proud of the LSU Tigers and Coach Jay Johnson for the   more