Federal Level

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) will serve on the bipartisan House Task Force charged with investigating the attempted assassination of President Trump.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today announced $3,039,454 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Small Business Committee, joined Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in introducing the Coordinated Support for Rural Small Businesses Act.

Today in Morgan City, Louisiana, United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined the employees and executive team of Conrad Shipyard, LLC to celebrate their first complete Yard, Repair, Berthing and Messing (YRBM) barge, which was released in a First of Class Ceremony. 

Today, United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, gave remarks on the HELP Committee vote to subpoena Steward Health CEO Dr. Ralph de la Torre to testify on the company’s financial mismanagement of its hospitals. The Committee approved the subpoena on a bipartisan vote of 16-4.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today delivered remarks on his Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) ahead of Senate passage.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $16,293,374 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Extension Act of 2024 to prevent the NFIP from expiring on September 30, 2024.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Bill Cassidy (La.) announced $1,136,246 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that three airports in Louisiana’s 3rd District will receive $3,763,738 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP).