In the News
May 8, 2014
"This bill, which I'm proud to support, provides more tools to expand and replicate high-quality charters, and I hope that the success they have achieved, especially in New Orleans, is something that can be replicated to help even more students in school districts across the country," Scalise said.
May 1, 2014
America's economy is still struggling after the worst recovery since the Great Depression. Families that are barely getting by, and small businesses that are drowning under seas of red tape, are left wondering why radical policies coming from this administration are acting like a straitjacket holding back their potential.
May 1, 2014
American energy creates high-paying jobs, grows our economy, and provides billions in royalties and tax revenues to reduce our deficit. Louisiana's First Congressional District, which I am honored to represent, is now home to the metropolitan area with the lowest unemployment rate in the United States thanks to our booming energy industry.
April 29, 2014
"Clearly President Obama has not enforced the law fairly and neither has Secretary [Kathleen] Sebelius," Scalise said of the outgoing HHS leader. "They've left regular hardworking taxpayers in a lurch.
April 29, 2014
"After nearly 20 years of facing bureaucratic red-tape, we are now at the doorstep of Congress finally authorizing the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection Project in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA)," said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson.
April 29, 2014
In a letter Tuesday, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and four colleagues strongly criticized the Affordable Care Act as a drag on the economy and disruptive to the health insurance system.
April 28, 2014
Louisiana's First Congressional District Congressman, Steve Scalise, visited SeaTrepid in Robert, LA in order to get a feel for robotic technology's footprint within his district.
April 16, 2014
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Reps. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge and Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, Tuesday asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to speed up the process.
April 6, 2014
Louisiana's U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, has quietly become one of the most influential members of the entire House of Representatives.
April 3, 2014
Louisiana's congressional Republicans said Thursday that a lot more information is needed before the first year of open enrollment can be assessed.