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News and press releases from Louisiana United States Senators and Louisiana United States House of Representative District 3.

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Cassidy: Louisiana Secures Class VI Primacy

Newsroom - December 29, 2023 9:09 am

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Louisiana securing Class VI primacy—the authority to permit, site, and provide oversight of carbon storage wells in the state.

Kennedy welcomes USDA purchase of $36 million of shrimp to feed Louisiana families

Newsroom - December 28, 2023 8:15 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) welcomed the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to purchase $36 million of shrimp to help alleviate food insecurity.

Kennedy Statement on Colorado Supreme Court Ruling

Newsroom - December 21, 2023 8:46 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) released the following statement upon the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to exclude former president Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot.

Cassidy-Backed Legislation Authorizing Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Signed Into Law

Newsroom - December 21, 2023 8:42 am

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Boozman (R-AR) announced their bipartisan legislation to authorize a permanent electronic duck stamp for the entirety of a waterfowl hunting season was signed into law by President Joe Biden Tuesday.

Biden vetoes Kennedy resolution to reverse CFPB rule requiring banks to collect race, ethnicity, sex data

Newsroom - December 20, 2023 4:30 pm

President Joe Biden has vetoed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which would have prohibited the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from enforcing its Dodd Frank Section 1071 small business data collection rule.

Cassidy Issues Statement After Successful Oil, Gas Lease Sale 261

Newsroom - December 20, 2023 11:20 am

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued a statement following a successful Lease Sale 261.

President signs into law Kennedy bill to require FCC to expand 5G access to rural Americans by releasing previously auctioned spectrum

Newsroom - December 20, 2023 11:15 am

President Joe Biden signed Senator John Kennedy’s (R-La.) 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement (SALE) Act into law.

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