Federal Level

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) released a statement on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval for Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass II LNG Project (CP2), a natural gas liquefaction export terminal in Cameron Parish.

Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) spoke to the Iberia Rotary Club, where he discussed issues of importance to Iberia Parish residents

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) introduced the Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to destroy imported products that pose a significant public health concern.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), U.S. Representative Kevin Hern (R-OK-01), and colleagues filed a bicameral amicus brief in Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al v. SEC, requesting the Court vacate the agency’s Climate Rule.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mike Braun (R-IN), James Lankford (R-OK), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule that restricts the production of chemicals that are essential to America’s economy and national security.

Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) participated in a roundtable with realtors concerned about the rising cost of flood insurance in Louisiana.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) released a statement following the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) decision to make it easier for Americans with disabilities to apply for the Social Security Disability Program and cut waste in the program by improving vocational data and eligibility criteria.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $15,237,579 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has been appointed to serve on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) in urging the Biden administration’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to withdraw its Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model because it prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals over medical necessity in the organ transplant process.