Federal Level

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined colleagues in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to coordinate with the victims of the Stanford Trust Ponzi scheme.

Congressman Clay Higgins’ (R-LA) bipartisan legislation, the Federal Register Modernization Act, eliminates the requirement to print thousands of copies of the Federal Register and replaces the outdated practice with an electronic publication supplemented by sufficient quantities of physical publications. 

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the unjust federal laws referred to as the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant Louisiana a total of $1,651,340.00 from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for road safety infrastructure projects.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-02), and colleagues filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear or rehear en banc City of Port Isabel v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) today released a legislative framework to address site-neutral Medicare payment reform to lower health care costs for patients and save taxpayer dollars.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) released a video today outlining conservative policy solutions to help address the affordability crisis impacting American families.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) visited with farmers in Port Allen and Jennings, to discuss the next Farm Bill and what Louisiana’s farmers need to continue feeding our state and the world.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced legislation that would redirect unobligated dollars from the Economic Support Fund, a part of the April 2024 Ukraine supplemental funding package, to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund and offer critical recovery help for Americans impacted by natural disasters.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Rick Scott (R-FL) announced plans to introduce the Restoring an Economic Lifeline with Immediate Emergency Funding (Relief) Act that would replenish the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Loan Program.