Press Releases
September 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today with U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.), U.S. Representative Tom Marino (R-Pa.); U.S. Representative Steve Stivers (R-Ohio); U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-Texas); and U.S. Representative Gene Green (D-Texas) introduced the Export Control Reform Act of 2016, which transfers regulatory responsibility for non-military-grade firearms from the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Issues:2nd Amendment
September 22, 2016
Scalise: 'Major Victory' for La. Families
September 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC –House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today went to the House floor to urge passage of H.R. 5931, the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act. H.R. 5931 passed the House 254-163.
Issues:National Security
September 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC –House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today at a House Leadership press conference discussed home-grown terrorism and the consequences of the Obama Administration’s cash payments to Iran, the world’s largest state-sponsor of terrorism
Issues:National Security
September 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Tx.) today sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen requesting information related to a partnership between Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the IRS, and their use of sensitive taxpayer information for an Obamacare marketing outreach campaign.
Issues:Taxes and Economy
September 13, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today issued the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 3590, the Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act
Issues:Taxes and Economy
September 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today issued the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s set top box proposal
Issues:Communication and Technology
September 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today issued the below statement following House passage of H.R. 5063, the Stop Settlements Slush Funds Act
September 6, 2016
WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement after the death of Phyllis Schlafly, a leader of the conservative movement and founder of Eagle Forum
August 29, 2016
METAIRIE, LA. – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today released the following statement on the eleventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in southeast Louisiana.