Federal Level

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and 16 Senate Republican colleagues introduced the Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspension (PRINTS) Act, aimed at combatting trafficking and child recycling by giving U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) the authority to fingerprint non-citizens under the age of 14.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released the following statements after Duke University published a report highlighting the volume at which data brokers are selling the personal data of U.S. service members to web addresses located both in the United States and abroad.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to seek comprehensive United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programs before the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) expires in 2025.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) co-sponsored Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Sherrod Brown’s (D-Ohio) VA Home Loan Awareness Act of 2023, which would help veterans finance homes with benefits available to them from the Veterans Affairs (VA) Home Loan Program.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced the Manifest Modernization Act to bring greater transparency to shipments crossing U.S. borders to help stop the trafficking of drugs and illegal goods.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and nine Senate Finance Committee members introduced a resolution calling for the strengthening of economic ties between the U.S. and Israel.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee and the Finance Committee, led the introduction of his Foreign Pollution Fee alongside Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Roger Wicker (R-MS).

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in introducing the National Oversight of Transported Immigrants to Communities is Essential (NOTICE) Act to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify states and localities when the department transports migrants into their communities.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) has joined Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Act of 2023 to sanction purchases of Iranian oil.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) in introducing the Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act to redesignate Ansarallah, more commonly known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), given the group’s actions to destabilize the region, the security threat it poses to the U.S., and most recently, its involvement in the ongoing attacks on Israel.