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News and press releases from Louisiana United States Senators and Louisiana United States House of Representative District 3.

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Cassidy, Lummis Introduce Bill to Boost U.S. Digital Asset Mining, Back President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Newsroom - March 30, 2026 7:45 pm

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Mined in America Act to bring critical digital infrastructure back to the United States. READ MORE ...

Higgins Supports $203M in GOMESA Revenue for Louisiana

Newsroom - March 30, 2026 7:43 pm

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a statement following the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) announcement of a record $460.9 million in energy revenue to the Gulf states, with more than $203.7 million being delivered to Louisiana. READ MORE ...

Cassidy, Lummis Introduce Bill to Boost U.S. Digital Asset Mining, Back President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Newsroom - March 30, 2026 2:07 pm

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Mined in America Act to bring critical digital infrastructure back to the United States. READ MORE ...

Cassidy Announces $1 Billion in FEMA Funding for Disaster Prevention Projects

Newsroom - March 30, 2026 2:04 pm

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has made $1 billion in federal funding available through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to support disaster mitigation projects in Louisiana and across the country. READ MORE ...

Kennedy on DHS shutdown: “Senators shouldn’t be paid, either.”

Newsroom - March 27, 2026 11:26 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) issued the following statement regarding the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security ... READ MORE ...

Kennedy calls for shared sacrifice, asks Senate Financial Clerk to withhold his pay until DHS shutdown ends

Newsroom - March 27, 2026 11:21 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, sent a letter to the Financial Clerk of the U.S. Senate requesting that they withhold his salary until the ongoing shutdown at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ends. READ MORE ...

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