Federal Level

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today introduced Greater New Orleans (GNO), Inc. President Michael Hecht at a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on reauthorizing and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tina Smith (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) reintroduced the bipartisan Telemental Health Care Access Act to remove barriers to telemental health services for Medicare beneficiaries.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor, warning the Biden administration that terrorists, cartel members and sex offenders are exploiting the chaos at the border to enter our country illegally.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced legislation to designate the Post Office located at 3901 MacArthur Blvd. in New Orleans, Louisiana as the “Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office.”

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today announced the Port of New Orleans will receive $226,220,195.00 for the Louisiana International Terminal Project in St. Bernard Parish from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). 

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined the Major Richard Star Act, which Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced a bill that would allow combat-injured veterans with fewer than 20 years of military service to receive full retirement benefits—without reduction—concurrent with their disability compensation.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing the Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act.

Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) released a statement following his A+ rating on Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America’s 2023 National Pro-Life Scorecard.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statement on his vote in support of a bill to avert a government shutdown by extending the funding deadlines to March.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and 14 Republican colleagues urged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the pro-Hamas criminals for their disgraceful and illegal actions.