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September 15, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement on the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Lease Sale 257: 

Issues:Maritime
July 23, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced that he has secured $1.5 million in the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies subcommittee bill for deepening the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel. This funding will allow the U.S.

April 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement regarding the rescue mission for crew members after a lift boat capsized off of Grand Isle on Tuesday:

February 11, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Port of South Louisiana a $13.4 million grant through the Port Infrastructure Development Grant program for their Globalplex Multi-Modal Connections Project.

Issues:Maritime
September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-La.) made the following statements after the U.S.

July 24, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Reps. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Cedric Richmond (D-La.), Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), Garret Graves (R-La.), and Clay Higgins (R-La.) in urging Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to support requests from Gulf Coast states for fishery disaster assistance.

July 9, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and the Louisiana Congressional Delegation are calling on Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to begin taking steps to protect the Louisiana seafood and recreational fishing industries and to address the ecological impacts to Lake Pontchartrain from the damaging effects related to the openings of

May 1, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement regarding today's meeting with President Donald Trump on the Jones Act. The Jones Act is a national security statute enacted to prevent U.S. dependence on foreign vessels and preserve a ready reserve force for times of war.

April 9, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) delivered testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water in support of projects in Louisiana's First District that will help provide lifesaving flood protections and boost the national economy.

February 23, 2019
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) penned a column for the Houma Courier highlighting the results of a new study from the Transportation Institute that revealed Southeast Louisiana is the national leader for American maritime jobs.
Issues:Maritime