WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued a statement in support of the State of Louisiana's lawsuit against the Biden administration for illegally injecting abortion politics into its enforcement regulations of the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Louisiana is joined by Mississippi in this legal effort against the Biden administration. Tennessee and 16 other states filed similar   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) today announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan includes critical hurricane protection, coastal restoration and navigation priorities in Southeast Louisiana. "I have worked for months with the Corps to include critical funding for flood protection, coastal restoration and navigation priorities in Southeast Louisi  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following weekly report on May 13, 2024: * * * Wicker Encourages Graduates To Pursue Public Service As the school year is winding down, college campuses have hit headlines nationwide. Normally, this season brings us stories of proud families celebrating graduates. Unfortunately, most of today's news is troubling, covering the wave of anti-Israel protests sweeping our universities. This month, my wife, Gayle, and I were honore  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined a group of 14 members of the U.S. Senate in sending a letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, urging them to preserve the two-per-year procurement cadence of Virginia Class submarines to maintain undersea supremacy and prevent destabilizing the ind  more