News and press releases from Louisiana United States Senators and Louisiana United States House of Representative District 3.
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Last week, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) was awarded the Fraternal Order of Police National President's Advocacy Award for his instrumental role in passing the Social Security Fairness Act, which fully repeals two unfair Social Security provisions known as the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). READ MORE ...
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), and 26 Republican colleagues introduced legislation to prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ...
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to the Social Security Administration’s Acting Commissioner urging efforts to expedite implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law on January 5, 2025. READ MORE ...
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Trump, requesting tariffs and increased trade enforcement for seafood imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. READ MORE ...
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced the Forest Data Modernization Act, which would modernize and improve the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis program to ensure reliable data is available to inform decision making. READ MORE ...
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced the Protect Medicaid Act to ensure the long-term integrity of Medicaid by preventing liberal states like California from forcing American citizens in other states to subsidize Medicaid benefits for illegal immigrants. READ MORE ...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced the Senate companion to the No Propaganda Act to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Today, Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) joined members of the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) in introducing the Emergency Border Control Resolution, which is a budget to begin the reconciliation process and deliver on the America First agenda. READ MORE ...
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) released the following statement announcing he will vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the 8th Director of National Intelligence. READ MORE ...
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced the Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act to build the U.S. workforce and help connect individuals to good jobs. READ MORE ...
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