Federal Level

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced growing support for the Kids Online Safety Act, with a total of 62 senators now cosponsoring the legislation.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) announced that U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chair and Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, have cosponsored an updated version of their Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), which includes small modifications based on conversations with stakeholders and additional technical corrections. COPPA 2.0 unanimously passed the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in July 2023. 

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $21,779,074.77 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Ida, and severe winter storm relief.

United States Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that they will introduce legislation to rename a section of the street near the Russian Ambassador to the United States’ residence as “Alexei Navalny Way.”

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), the ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, today condemned the Biden administration’s moratorium on permitting for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) has supported the End Iranian Terrorism (End IT) Act, which would require President Joe Biden to enforce sanctions on Iranian oil.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) voted to pass H.R. 7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, which would reverse President Biden’s indefinite permitting pause on American LNG exports. C

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has been named as an Impeachment Manager and will have an active role should the Senate conduct an impeachment trial for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) and U.S. Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT-01), Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) introduced the Health Accelerating Consumers’ Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling (ACCESS) Act to modernize health care and improve patients’ access to care.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will grant Louisiana airports $10,500,000.00 from the Airport Terminal Program in his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).