WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant Louisiana $52,727,798.00 in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Fiscal Year 2023 Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure and Safety Modernization Grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). "Pipelines transport the energy required to fuel our daily lives," s  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Port of New Orleans will receive $7,117,567.00 in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities (RTEPF) Grant Program from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). This funding will be used to upgrade electrical infrastructure, purchase electric terminal trucks and pickup trucks, track   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the national security supplemental funding bill by a vote of 79-18. Cassidy voted in support of the package which included $26.4 billion for Israel. "200 days after Hamas's barbaric attack on Israeli civilians, the United States is sending a clear message we will not abandon our allies. This bill   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today introduced bipartisan legislation directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create a plan for the agency to effectively manage its workforce so that they are well-equipped to help communities deal with natural disasters. The bill would improve FEMA's employee recruitment and retention efforts, develop strategies to better tr  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) demanded Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stop the use of cryptocurrency in the illegal trade of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). As crypto becomes the payment of choice for buying and selling CSAM, the senators are pushing the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Securit  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Health (IRS MATH) Act, legislation that would improve math error notices -- an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) authority used to quickly adjust taxpayers' returns. Each year, millions of Americans receive math error notices reducing their tax refunds but find the notices "vague and conf  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 25 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (Mississippi) - along with U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (Texas), U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (Arkansas) and 20 other bipartisan Members of Congress - urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Assistant Administrator Janet Coit to mode  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Apr 22, 2024 | Law & Crime, Press Releases Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced an amendment that passed by voice on the House Floor to H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA). This amendment was crafted to provide clarity requested by law enforcement organizations and plainly states that FANFSA would not apply to data/information made reasonably available to the public or volu  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) penned a Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post calling out the Editorial Board for their bias and shortsighted analysis of climate and trade policy. Cassidy, alongside Louisiana Republican leaders and fellow Senate Republicans, has been a thought leader in crafting an American plan to address the nexus between energy, economic development, supply chains, national se  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today penned an op-ed in the Ripon Forum highlighting the need for the U.S. to reprioritize our foreign policy towards Latin America. Cassidy discussed his Americas Act, which would create an ever-expanding and permanent trade partnership of Western Hemisphere countries and counter China's growing control over global manufacturing and geopolitics. "Our legislation makes   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MONROE, La. - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke with constituents at the Monroe Chamber and West Monroe-West Ouachita Chambers luncheon about their priorities for northeast Louisiana, including delivering economic wins for the area. "I sit on the Appropriations Committee. I never ask for a penny more than [Louisiana] needs, but I never, ever accept a penny  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- 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. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and colleagues in urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to restore order on college campuses where antisemitic, pro-Hamas mobs have threatened Jewish students. The senators requested an update on efforts to protect Jewish students by April 24. "Ant  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: A new Morning Consult survey reports that Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is one of the 10 most popular U.S. Senators. The survey represents "the industry's only comprehensive look at the popularity of America's top statewide federal officials in all 50 states." "Our latest definitive ranking of America's most popular senators, where Wyoming's John Barrasso remains No. 1 for the fourth quarter in a row. He is   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) released the following statement after voting to pass the national security supplemental funding bills in the House of Representatives. "I have consistently called for federal funding that supports our allies Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and delivers vital humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. Today, following months of House Republicans playing political  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network's Mornings with Maria Bartiromo to discuss President Biden's weaponization of the Justice Department to target political opponents, toleration of antisemitism on college campuses, and choice to have an active account on CCP-controlled TikTok. Leader Scalise highlighted Speaker Johnson's trip to Columbia Unive  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) sat down with Eternal Word Television Network's News Nightly to discuss how his Catholic faith has played a pivotal role in his life, most recently as he fought multiple myeloma. Leader Scalise shared his thanks to those who prayed for him during his cancer battle, and the results God provided through his complete remission. Leader Scalise also reflected on the  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant $7,117,567 to the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA). This funding was made possible through the Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities (RTEPF) grant program, which is funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that Congressman Carter helped craft and voted f  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congresswoman Michelle Steel (R-CA) announced the launch of the Bipartisan Opportunity Youth Caucus (BOYC) for the 118th Congress. The first-of-its-kind caucus will serve to prioritize federal policies that support young people aged 16-24 who are disconnected from school and work or are at-risk of experiencing disconnection - also known as  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on April 22, 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 on the ongoing antisemitic attacks and harassment of Jewish students on college campuses nationwide. "No student should fear for their safety at school.  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on April 23, 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 Department of Labor's (DOL) final rule that dramatically increases the overtime pay threshold by 65 percent, eliminating jobs and raising prices on American families.   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Ted Budd (R-NC) slammed the Department of Labor's (DOL) final rule that expands DOL's regulatory power over financial advisors, drastically increasing their cost of complianc  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, Speaker Johnson joined the Hugh Hewitt Show ahead of his meeting with Jewish students at Columbia University to discuss the troubling rise of virulent antisemitism on American college campuses. On the Speaker's visit to Columbia: What we're seeing on these college campuses across the country is disgusting and unacceptable. And we have to - every leader in this co  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, following House passage of the national security supplemental, Speaker Johnson delivered remarks to press off the House floor. Read below for the full transcript of Speaker Johnson's remarks: The House has worked its will. These are not normal times here in the House or around the world as we all know, and we saw the disturbance here on the House floor just a bit ago. I just want   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, Speaker Johnson joined the Ben Shapiro Show to discuss President Biden's failed foreign policy, the House national security supplemental legislation, and the importance of America projecting strength on the world stage. On American strength: I believe in peace through strength. I believe in what Ronald Reagan said, it does not mean that we're the world's policemen. It does not mea  more