WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (Chairman, House Aviation Subcommittee), Adam Smith (Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee), and Mark Green (Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security), along with U.S. Representatives Michael Guest, Dina Titus, and Salud Carbajal, have introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5840 - the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act to eliminate the redundant  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (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: Agriculture On Wednesday, December 6, the Committee on Agriculture will hold a full committee hearing called "Member Day." * * * Armed Services On Wednesday, December 6, the Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation will hold a hearing called "Back to the Future." On Thursday, Dece  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: On Thursday, November 30, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-La.) and Congresswoman Kat Cammack (R-Fl.) announced the Congressional Bipartisan Unified Voices Caucus to advocate for individuals facing communication challenges, with a primary focus on stuttering. Joined by Change & Impact Founder & CEO, and NBA veteran, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, the caucus announcement was followed by a panel of   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo, Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana) and 12 Republican colleagues raised concerns with the Biden Administration over the resurgence of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses to economically harm Israel and threaten Israel's right to exist as a nation. Additionally, the Senators raised the issue that Biden's 2022 environmental, soci  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the HELP Committee, announced that they have reached an agreement to markup legislation reauthorizing the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Speaker Johnson and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Stefanik joined Fox News' Fox and Friends on Saturday morning to discuss the Biden Administration stonewalling House investigations, the ongoing crisis at the southern border, and additional Congressional news of the day. Watch full interview here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORo2gxO7Qm0) and see excerpts below. Speaker Johnson  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,489,394 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid. "Hurricanes Laura and Ida left many of Louisiana's churches damaged. I'm grateful to see this $2.5 million help these communities return to full strength," said Kennedy. The FEMA aid will fund the following: $1,480,637 to M  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,229,142 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.  "I'm grateful to see that this $3.2 million in Hurricane Ida aid will help southeast Louisianians rebuild in Gretna and Lafitte," said Kennedy. The FEMA aid will fund the following: $2,093,384 to the city of Gretna for de  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $8,156,833 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid. "As Louisianians continue to recover from Hurricanes Laura and Ida, this $8.2 million will support that recovery in Orleans Parish, Lake Charles and at the Louisiana Children's Medical Center," said Kennedy. The FEMA aid wil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), during a speech on the Senate floor, urged the Biden administration to continue to support Israel until it succeeds in destroying Hamas. Kennedy reminded his colleagues of the atrocities Hamas committed on Oct. 7 and warned that neither Jewish Israelis nor Jewish Americans will be safe until the terrorist group is defeated. Key comme  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in urging committee chairman Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to hold hearings that address the nation's economic challenges after two credit agencies, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, reported a negative outlook on U.S. creditworthiness. A Penn Wharton Budget Model s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), along with Reps. John James (R-Mich.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), in calling on Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to consider "fleet leveling" to preserve fighter squadrons across the Air National Guard (ANG) and the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). Several ANG squadrons across the country are at risk of losing experi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 37 other Republican senators in writing the Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, Jeff Hild, and Director of the Office for Refugee Resettlement, Robin Dunn Marcos, to demand changes to a proposed rule that would replace certain  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J) in demanding that the Biden administration's Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrawal its proposed rule targeting pregnancy centers.  The proposed rule would limit states' ability to allocate funding provided through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Famili  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: On Wednesday, Speaker Johnson and U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron met in the U.S. Capitol. The Speaker and Secretary Cameron discussed how the U.S. and the U.K. can continue their partnership as leaders of the free world as well as ongoing global challenges and threats including support for Israel, the threat of Iran, the war in Ukraine, and joint defense measures. Sp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2023: * * * Speaker Johnson released the following statement Wednesday evening after the Senate voted down Senator Schumer's partisan approach to national security legislation: "House and Senate Republicans remain united and have been clear from the beginning that national security begins at our own borders. "Make no mistake, the Senate vote failed today because Senate Democrats a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2023: * * * Speaker Johnson released the following statement Wednesday evening after President Biden ordered $4.8 billion in student loan debt to be transferred from taxpayers to college graduates: "The Biden Administration's latest student debt transfer does not 'cancel' or 'forgive' a penny of student loan debt. "Instead, President Biden is once again asking hard-working taxpaye  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Representative Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), members of the Republican Conference, and Jewish students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: A discussion draft containing technical corrections and other clarifications with respect to the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, has been released by Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chair Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana) along with Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-O  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: A discussion draft containing technical corrections and other clarifications with respect to the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, has been released by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the HELP Committee, along w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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, blasted the Biden administration following the release of their latest proposal for a new illegal student loan scheme that attempts to transfer onto taxpayers up to $20,000 in student debt for households mak  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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, introduced the Pathways to Paychecks Act, which empowers states to better connect Americans seeking job opportunities with employers. The Wagner-Peyser Employment Service (ES) program facilitates connectio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2023: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released a statement following reporting that "the Biden administration has determined that it has the authority to seize the patents of certain high-priced medicines." In a Washington Po  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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, called on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to revise its enforcement guidance on workplace harassment that allows employees to file harassment complaints if they are "misgendered" in the wo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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, requested information from stakeholders on ways to improve and protect access to gene therapies for Americans with ultra-rare diseases. Reports show that by the end of 2034 over one million patients will   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- 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 14 Republican colleagues raised concerns with the Biden administration over the resurgence of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses to economically harm Israel and thr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: On Tuesday morning, Speaker Johnson sent a letter again calling on the Biden Administration to support transformative change to our nation's border security laws as part of any national security supplemental legislation. Speaker Johnson's letter came in response to the letter from the White House Office of Management and Budget delivered Monday morning which requested furthe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Protecting Taxpayers from Repaying Loans They Didn't Take Out Earlier this year, after the Supreme Court rejected their unconstitutional student loan giveaway, the Biden Administration introduced a new income driven repayment plan for student loans called Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) - a backdoor attempt to provide free college through executive overreach. Under this irresp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Preserving Americans' Right to Choose Their Car Across the globe, the United States stands as a beacon of freedom - freedom of expression, of religion, and of self-determination. Time and time again, however, federal agencies under the Biden Administration are taking those freedoms away with rules that make life harder on everyday  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Preserving Americans' Right to Choose Their Car Across the globe, the United States stands as a beacon of freedom - freedom of expression, of religion, and of self-determination. Time and time again, however, federal agencies under the Biden Administration are taking those freedoms away with rules that make life harder on everyday Americans. In April 2023, the Environmental Protec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Preserving Americans' Right to Choose Their Car controls over 90 percent American manufacturers currently rely on one of our biggest adversaries Rep. Tim Walberg's legislation, H.R. 4468, the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023, protects consumer choice by prohibiting Biden's Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any proposed rule wit  more