Press Releases
July 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. H.R. 2646, the most significant reform to the mental health system in decades, passed the House 422-2.
Issues:Health Care
July 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today regarding comments made by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in which she admitted that her private meeting with former President Bill Clinton “cast a shadow” over the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation into the activities of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Issues:National Security
June 30, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement after it was uncovered that former President Bill Clinton met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the midst of the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Issues:National Security
June 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today issued the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 2577, critical legislation to address the Zika crisis
Issues:2nd AmendmentHealth Care
June 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.– House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the lower court’s decision in United States v. Texas, preventing the implementation of the president’s unlawful executive amnesty on immigration
Issues:Immigration
June 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court issued their ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, striking down a Texas law designed to protect women’s health and safety at abortion clinics:
Issues:Family ValuesHealth Care
June 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today applauded a court’s ruling that the Department of the Interior does not have authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing
Issues:Energy
June 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today joined House Speaker Paul Ryan and the chairs of the House Republican Task Force on Health Care to unveil the fifth plank of the Better Way agenda, the Republican alternative to Obamacare.
Issues:Health Care
June 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today went to the floor to urge passage of H.R. 5471, the Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act. H.R. 5471 passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, 402-15.
Issues:National Security
June 16, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today expressed his condolences for the passing of Plaquemines Parish President Amos Cormier