Hurricane Recovery and Coastal Restoration

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) announcement approving a combined $30 million through the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Program for coastal restoration projects in St. Bernard and Lafourche parishes:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after he hosted a meeting on Friday with Governor John Bel Edwards, Louisiana officials, and top Trump Administration officials regarding federal funding for elevating LA Highway 1:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today announced that he will host a meeting on Friday regarding federal funding for elevating LA Highway 1. In January, the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-La.) announced today that an important hurdle has been cleared to advance the Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection System. At their urging, $1.25 million in federal funds will be reallocated to revise the Morganza-to-the-Gulf Hurricane Protection project designs to reflect the construction progress and substantial cost savings. These funds will be used to help update the project from an unaffordable $14 billion to more realistic figures.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement in support of the COASTAL Act by U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) which will increase the royalties that Gulf states like Louisiana receive from offshore energy production. The COASTAL Act passed out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee earlier this week.

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. Army Corps of Engineers announced which projects in Louisiana will receive critical dredging and maintenance funding from the Additional Supplemental Appropriations Disaster Relief Act, 2019.

Washington, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement on Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross' approval of disaster assistance for American fishing communities – including Southeast Louisiana fisheries.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today announced the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will soon release $1.2 billion to Louisiana for disaster mitigation projects. Congress appropriated this funding in the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act, which became law in February 2018.