Federal Level

WASHINGTON (February 9, 2026) – United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) urged the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) to provide the full one year of retroactive benefits to...

Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) wrote a letter to President Donald Trump and senior cabinet officials advocating for enhanced protections of the domestic shrimp ... READ MORE ...

Washington (February 10, 2026) – Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ten bipartisan colleagues in introducing the Regional Ocean Partnerships...

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed for Fox News arguing that the calls to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could backfire as quickly as the defund-the-police movement did in 2020. READ MORE ...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) secured $1,323,770.00 for Louisiana in the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Defense, Financial Services and General Government ... READ MORE ...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) led the charge with U.S. Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Jim Justice (R-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and John Cornyn (R-TX) to call on the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to terminate the Biden-era Risk Rating 2.0 policy ...

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) penned a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins requesting that the USDA initiate a purchase of wild-caught Gulf shrimp under Section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. READ MORE ...

Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, today reintroduced the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act to ensure companies that operate like banks follow the same rules and receive the same Federal Reserve oversight banks do. READ MORE ...

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced the approval of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for over 40 projects in Louisiana’s 3rd District, totaling $326,131,765.68. READ MORE ...

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) urged United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to halt his plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including the island that is home to the joint U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor. READ MORE ...