WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the City of Youngsville will receive $3,034,575 in federal funding from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for road safety improvements. The funding is made available through the FY24 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, which was established in the Infrastructure Law. The grant will be used to install a roundabout at the intersection of L  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released an interim report regarding Angel Matias Castellanos-Orellana, a 19-year-old Honduran national arrested in connection with the brutal assault of a 14-year-old girl and the repeated stabbing of a man during a robbery in Kenner, Louisiana  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: MADISONVILLE, La. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today released the following statement on the passing of Sybil Morial, the first African-American First Lady of New Orleans and civil rights trailblazer. "Sybil Morial lived a life of love, courage and service and worked every day to make the promise of America a reality," said Kennedy. *** Original text here: https://www.kennedy.senate.gov/public/press-relea  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) celebrated two federal awards he championed for infrastructure investments in the River Parishes. Congressman Carter personally selected both the Port of South Louisiana and the Town of Lutcher to receive $500,000 each as a part of his FY 2024 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests. He was joined at the Port of South Louisiana toda  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Congressman Garret Graves, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, made the following statement after an additional $51,210,230 federal funding was awarded today to Louisiana airports by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - of which more than 55%, or $28 million, is dedicated to airports represented by Graves. "Today's announcement builds on the historic achievements of the recent  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) issued the following statement after the announcement that Sybil Haydel Morial passed away: "My heart is heavy with the news of the passing of the beloved Sybil Haydel Morial. Please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of such a remarkable woman. Mrs. Morial's legacy as the matriarch of the iconic Morial family and her own contributions to c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) sent a bipartisan letter to House leadership and House Appropriations Committee leaders urging congressional action to replenish FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund (DRF). Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), and Neal Dunn (R-FL) joined Congressman Carter on this request. The DRF is the primary funding source for the federal government's d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 4, 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 following Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre defying a congressional subpoena to testify in front of the HELP Committee on the company's financial mis  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following remarks on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * On Thursday, September 6, Speaker Johnson delivered the remarks at the G7 Speakers Meeting in Verona, Italy on the subject of "Security and Development: New Geopolitical Balances and Access to Strategic Resources." Speaker Johnson delivers remarks at the parliamentary G7 summit "China especially has made its ambitions to be the dominant world power by 2049 very clear. T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Speaker Johnson released the following statement after Israeli forces found the bodies of multiple hostages held by Hamas since October 7, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin. "America grieves this morning for the family, friends, and loved ones of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, and the five other hostages recovered by Israel. The brutal murder of innocent hostages by Hamas shows the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, Speaker Johnson joined the "Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show" to discuss Meta's admission that it caved to the Biden-Harris Administration's demand to censor Americans and give an update on the bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempt of President Trump. On Zuckerberg Admitting Meta Caved to White House's Demands to Censor Content: Look, Zuckerberg is no hero  more