Press Releases

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the unemployment rate for June rose to 9.2 percent nationwide and U.S. employers added only 18,000 jobs in June.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise was recently named a Champion of the Merit Shop by the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and a Defender of Economic Freedom by the Club for Growth in its latest round of Congressional scoring.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that his district staff will host satellite office hours in Slidell on Wednesday, July 13.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement after U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the U.S. will release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after news that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will no longer accept applications for waivers from the Democrats’ health care law after September 22, 2011.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today passed an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations Bill prohibiting funds from being used to implement a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulation requiring agencies to spend taxpayer dollars to study and implement climate change policies and initiatives. The amendment passed by a vote of 238 to 179.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement after Exxon Mobil Corporation announced two major oil discoveries and a gas discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The discoveries came from the company’s first post-moratorium deepwater exploration well.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise will pump gas and meet with constituents on Wednesday to discuss the skyrocketing cost of gas and what he is doing to help bring down gas prices.