Federal Level

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Angus King are pushing the Department of Labor (DOL) to change eligibility criteria for veterans looking to enter the workforce.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced South Louisiana will receive $8,801,237.31 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Hurricane Ida relief.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States (CONFUCIUS) Act to prevent Chinese-backed Confucius Institutes on U.S. college campuses from suppressing students’ freedom of speech.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $8,801,237 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and 28 colleagues in raising concerns with President Biden regarding his administration’s apparent attempt to add Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to the presidential line of succession.

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) today criticized the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) for proposing lower graduation standards for high school students in Louisiana.

The Senate today passed Senator John Kennedy’s (R-LA) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to stop the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from enforcing its Dodd Frank Section 1071 small business data collection rule.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Department of Energy will grant Louisiana $304,157,661.00 million in Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) Program funding from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and eleven Republican colleagues encouraged the administration to resume and expand construction of the border wall.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and 46 colleagues urged President Joe Biden to continue putting his full attention on the freeing of American hostages that were taken by Hamas during the terrorist organization’s October 7th attacks on Israel and supporting Israel’s efforts to dismantle the threat of Hamas.