The U.S. House of Representatives on March 21 approved a resolution led by U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) that denounces the energy and federal land policies of the Biden administration. “I am proud to have brought this resolution to the Read more…
Several Republicans rebuked a decision issued on Jan. 26 by the White House to pause new or pending applications to export liquified natural gas (LNG) to non-Free Trade Agreement countries until the U.S. Department of Energy can update the underlying Read more…
The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee recently approved legislation led by U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) that aims to restore America’s energy independence. The bill now heads to the full U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. “The Biden administration keeps Read more…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has yet to fully comply with an oversight request seeking documents and information about its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), prompting another ultimatum from U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA). A bipartisan group Read more…
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) are concerned that the Biden administration is pursuing a nuclear understanding with Iran alongside a hostage release deal. Citing an Aug. 11 news Read more…
U.S. House GOP leadership, along with Reps. Kay Granger (R-TX) and John Moolenaar (R-MI), applauded their chamber’s passage of legislation that will end partisan spending and avoid a default on the national debt. The House on Wednesday voted to advance Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and several of his Republican colleagues applauded passage by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 25 of a GOP bill to permanently address the scheduling of fentanyl analogues. The House-approved Halt All Lethal Trafficking Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 30 voted 225-204 to approve a comprehensive energy bill sponsored by U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) that aims to boost all forms of domestic energy production. The House-approved Lower Energy Costs Read more…
Republicans on Tuesday unveiled comprehensive legislation designed to restore the nation’s energy independence by unleashing domestic energy production and lowering costs for Americans. The Lower Energy Costs Act, H.R. 1, also would reform the permitting process for all industries, streamline Read more…
U.S. House Republican leaders on March 1 joined dozens of their GOP colleagues in introducing the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the nation’s public schools. H.R. 5, sponsored by Read more…
Legislation championed and led by U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) to block the U.S. Department of Labor rule greenlighting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in employer-sponsored retirement plans narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. “Americans are Read more…
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) joined 41 of their Republican colleagues in the Senate, in addition to almost 130 GOP members in the U.S. House of Representatives, in filing amicus briefs on Friday with the Supreme Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) applauded new rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that implement a directive authorized by a bipartisan bill he championed that became law a year ago to safeguard America’s telecommunications networks. The Read more…
More than 100 Republican members of Congress and several conservative and business organizations support legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) that would make permanent tax cuts for individuals and small businesses originally enacted as part of the Tax Read more…
Concerned about what they deem is President Joe Biden’s war on American energy, U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) led 129 of his Republican colleagues in urging the president to issue an offshore energy leasing plan for the United Read more…
A forthcoming waiver request from the State of California calling for a ban on the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered vehicles raises serious questions about the reliability of the nation’s already-stressed electric grid and the need to generate additional Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) this week introduced legislation to give Americans more control over smart devices in their homes by requiring greater transparency from manufacturers about what information their devices collect. “Consumers have a right to know Read more…
U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) on Wednesday led 31 of his Republican colleagues in introducing legislation that would require the Biden administration to reverse its regulatory agenda, which they say has created barriers for domestic agriculture production. Rep. Thompson Read more…
Poland is going above and beyond in its support of war-torn Ukraine, according to U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA), who last weekend joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers on a trip to Poland to meet with members of the U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, recently led 201 Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to drop its plan to expand the scope of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). “The Obama-era waters of Read more…
President Joe Biden on Dec. 23 signed into law the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies (ACT) for ALS Act, H.R. 3537, a bipartisan, bicameral legislation supported by U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise Read more…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted outside its congressionally authorized authority by issuing overreaching rules that attempt to transform the nation’s power sector through emissions regulations under the Clean Air Act, according to an amicus curiae brief filed in Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) is concerned Americans will experience premium increases under a new pricing methodology called Risk Rating 2.0, which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is implementing as part of its updates to the National Read more…
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) led 32 Republicans in opposing a plan by President Joe Biden and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to help end rising fuel costs. “Instead of unleashing oil Read more…
Bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) that prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reviewing or issuing new equipment licenses to companies posing a national security threat became law on Nov. 11. “Yesterday’s bill signing Read more…
The U.S. Senate on Oct. 28 unanimously approved a bill from U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from issuing new communications equipment licenses to companies that pose a risk to national security. Prior Read more…
Seeking to provide state and local officials greater leeway with spending remaining pandemic relief dollars, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) on Tuesday proposed bipartisan legislation to allow those unspent funds to be directed toward infrastructure projects. “State governments need flexibility, Read more…
House Republicans last week called on President Joe Biden to address the global supply chain and ports crisis before Congress considers additional social spending and taxation legislation. “Our priority right now should be strengthening our nation’s economy and increasing our Read more…
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and House E&C Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) on Wednesday applauded U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) helped lead 25 Republican members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee in voicing “serious concerns” to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about rapidly rising energy prices and their negative impact on the Read more…
Fifteen House Energy Action Team (HEAT) members on Tuesday blasted the Biden administration and congressional Democrats for not advancing America’s energy independence. “The United States is the greatest country in the world, and we have the ability to once again Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) joined other Louisiana congressional lawmakers in calling for a faster rollout of Operation Blue Roof following widespread damages across the state from Hurricane Ida. The U.S. Army Read more…
Following the destruction wrought on their Louisiana constituents during the current hurricane season, U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Garret Graves (R-LA) urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay the Oct. 1 implementation date for the new National Read more…
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, skyrocketing gas prices across the country must be prevented and America’s dependence on foreign oil production should be reduced by resuming production along the outer Continental Shelf, say U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise Read more…
U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) last week joined a bipartisan contingent of Louisiana congressional lawmakers in calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help more parishes in their home state Read more…
A bipartisan amendment offered by U.S. Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Steve Scalise (R-LA) made it into the House energy and water spending bill to redirect dredged sediment to coastal restoral projects instead of into the Gulf of Mexico. “Coastal Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) commended action by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, which passed his bipartisan legislation to ensure that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not approve radio frequency devices that pose a national Read more…
Building on recent progress to advance Louisiana’s flood protection footprint, U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) recently helped secure $19.3 million in federal funds for a key floodgate of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) on July 1 sponsored legislation that would empower states to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available federal land within their borders. The American Energy First Act, H.R. 4334, Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) offered a bipartisan bill to ensure that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not approve radio frequency devices that pose a national security risk, particularly from China. Rep. Scalise on June 15 sponsored Read more…
U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) joined members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) denouncing President Joe Biden’s action to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline that essentially killed the project. Rep. Scalise and HEAT Co-Chairs Read more…
U.S. Reps. Ann Wagner (R-MO) and Steve Womack (R-AR) on April 9 called on the Biden administration to institute immediate policy changes to end the crisis at America’s southern border. “The scenes at the border and especially inside these processing Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) blasted the World Health Organization’s recent report on the origins of COVID-19 and claimed its conclusions were compromised by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to manipulate the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) recently unveiled legislation to promote new manufacturing in the United States by providing for greater transparency and timeliness in obtaining necessary permits. “As our economy continues to recover from a global pandemic, the last thing Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) on March 11 unveiled a bipartisan bill that would modernize laws in the television marketplace in an effort to improve competition and protect consumers. “Congress needs to finally modernize the outdated 1992 video laws that Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Monday applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for approving U.S. Senate changes to the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 as part Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) last week commended the release of updated federal regulations on methane emissions. The “action by the Trump administration repeals overly burdensome, job-killing regulations and Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) commended action by his chamber to advance the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, which includes provisions beneficial to his home state of Louisiana. The U.S. House of Representatives on July Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) urged leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives to include a provision supporting America’s local broadcasters in the next COVID-19 emergency relief package. “The coronavirus pandemic has impacted every American, but for those whose job Read more…
U.S. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) this week joined several colleagues in commending a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to reverse the nationwide injunction on pipeline construction. “This overly broad and unlawful nationwide injunction created uncertainty for dozens of Read more…