Federal Level

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) advocated for Louisiana shrimpers and rice producers at a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing with U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Katherine Tai.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced the Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act, which, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), would save taxpayers $24.5 billion by closing a loophole that allows individuals without proper work authorization, including illegal aliens, to claim federal tax credits.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in introducing a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) for the Biden administration’s Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate disclosure rule.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced the Ammunition Supply Chain Act to require the Biden administration to submit a report to Congress about the state of the domestic supply of the chemical ingredients used in smokeless gunpowder.

Senate Democrats today blocked Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) attempts today to stop them from effectively dismissing two impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without a full Senate trial.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) sent a letter to Chairman Willie Phillips of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging approval of the permit for the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass II LNG Project (CP2), a natural gas liquefication export terminal in Cameron Parish.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today voted in favor of the U.S. Senate holding a full and transparent impeachment trial for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas following the delivery of impeachment articles by the U.S. House of Representatives.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tim Scott (R-SC), and 31 Republican colleagues introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) radical climate disclosure rule which would bury public companies in paperwork, raise costs for consumers, and stifle economic opportunity.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) today announced new cosponsors and organizational support for their bipartisan, bicameral Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). 

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today called upon the Biden administration’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to investigate the Czechoslovak Group’s (CSG) proposed acquisition of U.S. ammunition producer Vista Outdoor Sporting Products.