WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * 500 Days Later, Speaker Johnson Honors the Lives Lost in October 7th Terrorist Attack on Israel WASHINGTON -- On the 500-day anniversary of the October 7 th terrorist attack in Israel, Speaker Johnson released a statement honoring the lives lost and recommitting to the safety and security of America's greatest ally in the Middle East. Speaker Johnson's statement: "500 days ago,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * 500 Days Later, Speaker Johnson Honors the Lives Lost in October 7th Terrorist Attack on Israel WASHINGTON -- On the 500-day anniversary of the October 7 th terrorist attack in Israel, Speaker Johnson released a statement honoring the lives lost and recommitting to the safety and security of America's greatest ally in the Middle East. Speaker Johnson's statement: "500 days ago, Hamas terrorists  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy, Cornyn, Colleagues Urge ATF to Rescind Unconstitutional Biden Rules, Align with Trump 2A Agenda WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and 28 Republican colleagues today sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Marvin Richardson urging him to align the agency with President Trump's Second Amendment pr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Chair Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Confirmation Hearing on Nomination for Labor Secretary WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today's confirmation hearing on the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Castro, Texas Democrats Fight to Protect Clean Air and Drinking Water from Trump-Musk DOGE Agenda February 18, 2025 # Read Friday's letter HERE SAN ANTONIO -- On Friday February 14th, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congresswoman Julie Johnson (TX-32), Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and eleven of their Democratic colleagues from the Texas, New Mexico, and Louisiana delegat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins Legislation Forces Federal Support for Oil and Gas Leasing WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) reintroduced the Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act, which would hold energy regulators accountable and streamline the federal leasing process for lands and waters. In the past few years, the oil and gas industry has experienced significant challenges during the lea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins Supports President Trump's Actions to Protect Commerce in Gulf of America WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a statement in support of President Trump and the Department of Interior's removal of Biden-era constraints on offshore drilling and commercial activity in the Gulf of America. "President Trump's rescission of Biden-era limits on oil and gas operators is a wi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Higgins, Letlow Fight for Louisiana Rice Producers WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Trump requesting tariffs on rice imports from India, Thailand, China, Pakistan, and Vietnam. "Our American rice farmers and mills contribute more than $34 billion to the U.S. economy through jobs, investment, and sale  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources released the following testimony by Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, from a Feb. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Energy Dominance: The Path to Unleashing American Offshore Energy": * * * Good morning Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee. My name is Chett Chiasson, and I am the Executive Director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, otherwis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy champions bill to expand law enforcement concealed-carry rights, help protect more Americans WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today reintroduced the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) Reform Act to expand the concealed-carry rights of qualified law enforcement officers. "Day in and day out, our brave law enforcement officers put   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy champions bill to protect investor privacy by prohibiting vulnerable SEC database MADISONVILLE, La. - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the Protecting Investors' Personally Identifiable Information Act. The bill would protect information that could reveal the identity of American investors by prohibiting the Securities and Exchange Commission (S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy champions bill to stop bureaucrats from crushing America's chemical industry WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the No Industrial Restrictions In Secret (No IRIS) Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using data from the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) to make rules that punish America's chemical manufacturing industry. "For four year  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy reintroduces bill to establish Special IG to oversee use of American taxpayer aid to Ukraine WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today reintroduced the Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act to establish a Special Inspector General (IG) for Ukraine. The Special IG would oversee the humanitarian, economic and security assistance funding that the U.S. Congress has   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Peters lead bipartisan bill to make FEMA response more efficient WASHINGTON - Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) today reintroduced the bipartisan Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt (HELP) Response and Recovery Act. The bill would enable the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to respond to disasters and other emergenci  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy: It is disgraceful to waste taxpayer dollars on biased public broadcasting # Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) highlighted some of the biased reporting from National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and argued that the federal government should not keep subsidizing these programs through the Corporation for Public Broadcastin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Applauds President Trump for Rescinding Rice's Whale Notice to Lessees Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement on the announcement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to rescind its Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) regarding the Rice's Whale in the Gulf of America: "I applaud the Trump Administration for resci  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Scalise Applauds President Trump for Rescinding Rice's Whale Notice to Lessees JEFFERSON, La. -- Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement on the announcement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to rescind its Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) regarding the Rice's Whale in the Gulf of America: "I applaud the Trump Administ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Scalise Highlights Potential CRA Targets Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following list of rules House Republicans are prioritizing as potential targets for CRA legislation in the coming weeks. In addition to these rules, the Leader will be looking at more potential CRAs as we continue to fight to undo the damage done by the Biden Administration.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Scalise Highlights Potential CRA Targets WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following list of rules House Republicans are prioritizing as potential targets for CRA legislation in the coming weeks. In addition to these rules, the Leader will be looking at more potential CRAs as we continue to fight to undo the damage done by the Bide  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Senate HELP Committee Votes to Approve Nomination of Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education WASHINGTON - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report the nomination of Linda McMahon to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education by a vote of 12 to 11. Her no  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Delivers Keynote Address to Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference For Immediate Release February 18, 2025 Contact: Taylor Haulsee WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, Speaker Johnson delivered the keynote address at the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) global conference in London, England. Appearing remotely to the more than 4,000-person audience,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Speaker Johnson Delivers Keynote Address to Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, Speaker Johnson delivered the keynote address at the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) global conference in London, England. Appearing remotely to the more than 4,000-person audience, Speaker Johnson warned against the threat of "soft despotism," and encouraged leaders   more