Federal Level

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Barrasso (R-WY), and colleagues introduced legislation to repeal the largest tax hike from the Democrats’ 2022 reckless tax and spending bill that makes it harder to invest, produce, and manufacture in the United States. READ MORE ...

WASHINGTON (February 28, 2025) – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA), chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, will launch an investigation into the leak of...

Congressman Higgins (R-LA) introduced the Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act, which would further restrict and deter the unlawful disclosure of firearm trace data by strengthening the Tiahrt Amendment. READ MORE ...

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), John Boozman (R-AR), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act to protect the Louisiana rice industry against dumping of cheap produce into U.S. markets from India and China.  READ MORE ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,718,333 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for permanent repairs to Delgado and Elaine Nunez Community Colleges and Southeastern Louisiana University.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) applaud the passage of the Halt Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. READ MORE ...

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced the VetPAC Act to enhance the efficiency and quality of health care services provided to American veterans. READ MORE ...

The Senate today passed a joint resolution of disapproval under Congressional Review Act procedures that Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) helped introduce. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) led the resolution, which would overturn the Biden administration’s proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule to implement a fee on methane emissions.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), in a speech on the Senate floor, questioned how a six-month-old nonprofit with $100 in the bank and ties to former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was able to secure a $2 billion climate change grant from President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to move forward with his plan to hand over the Chagos Islands, including the U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius in a speech on the Senate floor.