Federal Level

On Friday afternoon, Senator Cassidy awarded grants totaling over $52 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to municipalities and gas utility districts seeking to replace aging natural gas infrastructure with new pipelines.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will grant Louisiana a total of $2,790,550.00 in Brownfield Grants from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) penned a Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post echoing the Editorial Board’s statement that neither leading presidential candidate has a plan to address the fast-approaching insolvency of Social Security and Medicare and that Americans cannot expect an honest debate during the 2024 campaign. 

Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and 42 Republican senators introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from enforcing an anti-Second Amendment rule that would effectively require anyone who sells firearms to register as federal firearm licensees.

 Legislation authored by United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. and Gary Peters (D-MI) directing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to create a plan for the agency to effectively manage its workforce so that they are well-equipped to help communities deal with natural disasters has advanced in the Senate.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, helped introduce a resolution to designate May 12 through May 18, 2024, as National Police Week.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and 41 Senate Republicans introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to strike down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) rule on the definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced legislation to stiffen penalties for those who use pill press to make counterfeit drugs, including opioids.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today introduced the Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act.

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) today unanimously passed Sentors John Kennedy’s (R-La.) and Tom Carper’s (D-Del.) Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act.