WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today delivered a speech from the U.S. Senate floor congratulating Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) on becoming the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.  "Only in the United States of America can the son of a Shreveport firefighter and the first college graduate in his family win a seat in Congress and--just a few years later--be elected the 56th Speaker  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Rick Scott (R-FL), and John Barrasso (R-WY) as a cosponsor of the Venezuelan Democracy Act. The bill would make U.S. sanctions on Venezuela conditional on specific democratic progress.  "Dictators do not get to pick who their opponents are. The people do," said Dr. Cassidy. "The Venezuel  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led the introduction of judicial reform legislation. The Revising and Enhancing Project Authorizations Impacted by Review (REPAIR) Act will streamline the permitting process for U.S. energy, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure projects. "It's impossible to permit energy and manufacturing in the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Todd Young (R-IN), and nine Republican colleagues expressed deep concern about the rise in terrorists crossing the southern border and asking for plans to bolster border and internal security measures in a letter to President Joe Biden. "Our Southern border is a matter of deep national concern and insecurity. With rising violence and economic crises around the worl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Thune (R-SD), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Barrasso (R-WY), John Boozman (R-AR), and Republican colleagues urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to abandon their proposal that would require new single and multifamily homes that are insured or guaranteed by the agencies to be subject to unrealistic and overly   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and the Finance Committee, led the introduction of his Foreign Pollution Fee alongside Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Roger Wicker (R-MS). The Foreign Pollution Fee is an American plan to address the nexus between energy, economic development, supply chains, national security, and the environment at  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and the Finance Committee, and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) led the introduction of the Foreign Pollution Fee. The Foreign Pollution Fee is an American plan to address the nexus between energy, economic development, supply chains, national security, and the environment at the expense of China and Russia. The   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) released the following statement after voting against former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's nomination to become U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Lew was one of the lead architects of the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal, which Cassidy has repeatedly condemned as dangerous. "Jack Lew lied to Congress about the Iran deal. This has been well documented by a report by Rob Por  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and nine Senate Finance Committee members introduced a resolution calling for the strengthening of economic ties between the U.S. and Israel. The resolution comes amid Israel's war against Hamas in response to the terrorist group's gruesome assault on Israel on October 7th, which has stunted Israel's economy. "  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and 24 Republican colleagues introduced the Southern Border Transparency Act, which would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accurately report how it is handling migrants encountered at the border and ensure the American people have a full accounting of the number of migrants being released into the United States by the Bide  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), and 12 Republican colleagues introduced the Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act to redesignate Ansarallah, more commonly known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) given their actions to destabilize the region, the security threat they pose to the U.S. and most recently, their involvement in the ongoing conflict in Israel,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and 13 Republican colleagues urged the State Department to re-designate Iran-backed Ansarallah, known also as the Houthis, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in the wake of the group's repeated brazen attacks against Israel in a letter to Secretary Antony Blinken.  "Re-designating the Houthis as an FTO would send a powerful message that   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act to combat the spread of pro-Hamas and pro-terrorist activity. This bill would expand current U.S. law to prohibit members, officers, officials, representatives, and spokesmen of Hamas, Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Palestine Islamic Jihad from enterin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and 19 Senate colleagues demanded the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC) rescind its proposal to limit the type of mining projects eligible for the improved permitting process established under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). The senators warn the proposed rule will hinder mining permitti  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced the Manifest Modernization Act to bring greater transparency to shipments crossing U.S. borders to help stop the trafficking of drugs and illegal goods. Under current law, only ocean vessels must publicly disclose manifest information. The bill would extend the public disclosure requirement to aircraft, truck, and rail ma  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) introduced the Revising and Enhancing Project Authorizations Impacted by Review (REPAIR) Act, which will streamline the permitting process for U.S. energy, manufacturing and critical infrastructure projects. "Progress in American manufacturing and energy production means limiting the time and resources wasted on b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing deep concern about the rise in terrorists crossing the southern border and asking for plans to bolster border and internal security measures. In addition to Crapo and Risch, Senators Todd Young (R-Indiana), Rick Scott (R-Florida), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Vi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves led a formal request signed by 100 Members of Congress requesting that the House Ways and Means Committee hold a hearing on H.R. 82 - the Social Security Fairness Act. The legislation, which was introduced by Graves to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) social security penalties, is the 3rd most cosponsored bill of the current   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is awarding $62,975 to the Town of Lake Arthur for the hiring of additional law enforcement officers and $500,000 to the Calcasieu Parish School Board for school security improvements. The COPS office was created after the passage of the Violent C  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Promoting Domestic Energy and Reining in the EPA Small businesses and farmers make up the backbone of our country - we should be putting in place policies that help them, not make it harder for them to survive and support our communities. The Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), however, ha  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Keeping Congress Working for the American People The number one duty of the House of Representatives is to serve the people of the United States by faithfully representing our constituents. In order to ensure Congress remains open and working for American families, we must responsibly fund the legislative branch.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Fox News Channel's Hannity. Leader Scalise slammed President Biden for his failure to address the border crisis, highlighting how House Republicans came together to pass H.R. 2, the S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to discuss getting the House back on track, passing appropriations bills, and standing with our ally Israel. Leader Scalise highlighted how House Republicans are bringing forward a bill to e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Here's a recap of what Republicans achieved on the House Floor this week: Supporting Our Ally Israel Against Terrorism As war rages in the Middle East, the United States has a duty to support one of our strongest allies, Israel, in their fight to defend themselves against the barbaric attacks from Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorist organizations. The October  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Supporting Our Ally Israel Against Terrorism As war rages in the Middle East, the United States has a duty to support one of our strongest allies, Israel, in their fight to defend themselves against the barbaric attacks from Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorist organizations. The October 7th attacks perpetrate  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) penned a joint op-ed in Fox News Digital discussing their recent bipartisan trip to China to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The senators grilled the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader on the flow of fentanyl precursors out of China and for its unfair trade and business practices harming U.S. industry.  "Congress is united in work  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $6,747,163 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid. "Hurricane Ida left a great deal of damage behind when it hit Terrebonne Parish. I'm grateful to see this $6.7 million help these Louisianians as they rebuild for the future," said Kennedy. The FEMA aid will fund the follo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in Newsweek urging Congress to work together to prevent Iran and other state sponsors of terrorism from receiving billions of dollars in special drawing rights from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without congressional approval. Kennedy has introduced the No Dollars for Dictators Act to require congressional authorization before the IMF can issue any speci  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has joined Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-Fla.) Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act of 2023 to sanction purchases of Iranian oil. The SHIP Act would impose sanctions on foreign ports and refineries that knowingly accept and refine petroleum products from Iran. "With the cash it's making from oil sales, Iran is fanning the flames of global instability by enriching uranium and sponso  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Chris Coons (D-Conn.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in urging Senate leadership to prioritize the reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the senators wrote that renewing AGOA would create valuable opportunities for U.S. businesses, work  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Southern Border Transparency Act to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to issue reports detailing the number of aliens seeking entry along the southern border.  The Biden administration uses tools such as parole to drive down apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico bord  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in introducing the Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act to redesignate Ansarallah, more commonly known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), given the group's actions to destabilize the region, the security threat it poses to the U.S., and most recently, its involvement in the ongoing attacks on Israel.  On Oct. 19, 2023,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in introducing the National Oversight of Transported Immigrants to Communities is Essential (NOTICE) Act to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify states and localities when the department transports migrants into their communities.  "The Biden administration is turning eve  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. J.D. Vance and all other Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reverse its guidance requiring lenders to open lines of credit for illegal immigrants.  On Oct. 12, the CFPB and the Department of Justice issued a joint directive warning lenders against "unnecessary or overbroad reliance" on a borr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- 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, rebuked the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed rule that attempts to expand DOL's jurisdiction over financial advisors, drastically increasing their cost of compliance and potentially reducing access to r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- 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 (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and nine Republican colleagues blasted the Department of Labor's (DOL) new proposed rule that dramatically increases the overtime pay threshold by 55 percent, reducing jobs and raising prices for American familie  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Ted Budd (R-NC) urged HELP Committee Chair Sanders to hold a HELP h  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and 26 senators urged the Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the public comment period on the departments' new H-2A regulations and allow stake  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Mark Warner (D-VA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) launched a bipartisan working group to examine and propose potential legislative solutions in the HELP Committee jurisdiction to strengthen   more