Federal Level

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), James Lankford (R-OK), and Mike Crapo (R-ID) requested a detail report from U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the U.S. Treasury Department’s enforcement of forced labor sanctions against those responsible for the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity faced by the Uyghur people in Communist China.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), and 29 colleagues introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that imposes burdensome federal staffing mandates on long-term care facilities and will force many rural nursing homes to shut their doors.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) urged Congress to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), two unfair provisions penalizing local and state government workers receiving Social Security, ahead of a U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee field hearing on Social Security.

Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 44 other Republican senators introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing a rule that would allow unaccompanied children at the border to be placed in the custody of unvetted sponsors.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and 42 colleagues introduced a formal challenge to the Biden administration’s regulations intended to shut down American power plants through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and 32 colleagues filed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule that targets U.S. businesses that support Americans’ exercise of their Second Amendment rights.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France, as part of a congressional delegation trip.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that he has been selected to serve on the House Armed Services Committee, which oversees defense policy, ongoing military operations, and reforms to the Department of Defense.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Rapides Area Planning Commission will receive $384,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve mobility issues in the region thanks to his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

United States Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statements ahead of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on immigration.