Federal Level

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Republican colleagues in calling on Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to hold a full, fair trial in the Senate to consider the House of Representatives’ articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Financial Times Editorial Board endorsed the Americas Act—legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) and U.S. Representatives Maria Salazar (R-FL-27) and Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13).

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) along with U.S. Representatives Tim Walberg (R-MI-05) and Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) today announced the introduction of the House companion to the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0).  

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), announced that Louisiana is receiving a total of $156,329,442.65 in revenue from the Department of the Interior from energy produced in the Gulf of Mexico during Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced that he has successfully secured $6,000,000.00 in federal funding for the Team Gleason Foundation to better serve Americans living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the U.S. Department of the Interior will award Louisiana $156,329,442.65 in Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) revenue-sharing funds.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-TX), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and 34 Republican colleagues are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a fair and unbiased review of recently announced oil and gas mergers after Senate Democrats requested the FTC investigate these major energy acquisitions by citing misleading and false allegations.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and thirty-four other Republican colleagues in calling on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan to conduct a fair and unbiased review of recently announced oil and gas mergers.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and colleagues in introducing the bipartisan North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) to reauthorize $65 million in funding to protect America’s wetlands.

United States Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Louisiana’s 3rd District will receive an additional $4,300,000 in Community Project Funding through House Resolution 1102, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives.