Press Releases
May 22, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s announcement that it had awarded a $20 million advertising contract to the PR firm Porter Novelli to promote Obamacare.
Issues:Health Care
May 18, 2012
As part of the 2012 American Energy and Jobs Tour, Congressman Steve Scalise will lead a Congressional Delegation on the 2012 Offshore Energy Tour in New Orleans and on a deepwater rig in the Gulf of Mexico's Outer Continental Shelf on May 24 and 25.
May 9, 2012
Washington, D.C. – A bill to eliminate burdensome Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) rules authored by Congressman Steve Scalise sailed through the Homeland Security Committee earlier today, passing unanimously with broad bipartisan support. Scalise’s bill, H.R 3173, eliminates red tape and burdensome requirements in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) process.
Issues:Maritime
April 18, 2012
The U.S. House of Representatives took another major step forward today in the fight to dedicate 80% of BP fines to the Gulf Coast region as it passed a transportation bill that included the Scalise RESTORE Act amendment.
March 22, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after President Obama’s energy speech in Cushing, Oklahoma.
Issues:Energy
March 8, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s action on the RESTORE ACT.
Issues:Energy
March 1, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement after President Obama’s speech at Nashua Community College. The cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has more than doubled since President Obama took office in January of 2009.
Issues:Energy
February 28, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today issued the following statement in response to calls by liberals in Washington for President Obama to raid the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
February 17, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement after General Electric (GE) announced the opening of a new technology center in the New Orleans region.
Issues:Taxes and Economy
February 16, 2012
Congressman Steve Scalise today successfully passed a bi-partisan amendment modeled after the RESTORE Act to the energy section of the surface transportation bill, a major step forward in the fight to dedicate 80% of BP fines to the Gulf Coast region.
Issues:Energy