Press Releases

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that his district staff will continue hosting regular satellite office hours in Slidell on Wednesday, February 10.

Baltimore, MD -- Congressman Steve Scalise today attended a meeting with President Barack Obama and U.S. House Republicans. Scalise spoke with the President and presented him with summaries of two of his bills: the GAS Act, H.R. 1108, and the CAP the DEBT Act, H.R. 4262 (which has more than 80 co-sponsors).

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise will attend the opening of the Washington Parish VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic on Monday, February 1, in Bogalusa.

Washington, DC -- Today, Congressmen Steve Scalise (R- Jefferson) and André Carson (D – Indianapolis) announced that they have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of Super Bowl XLIV, between the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints on Sunday, February 7.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $52,051 grant to the Roseland Volunteer Fire Department, and a $161,500 grant to the Natalbany Volunteer Fire Department.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-1), who has consistently urged the House Judiciary Committee to work swiftly on the impeachment investigations of U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Porteous, supported today’s unanimous vote on all four Articles of Impeachment.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today called on Congress to pass his “Control America’s Purse Strings to Deliver a Better Tomorrow” (CAP the DEBT) Act following the release of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) economic outlook report projecting 2010 deficit of $1,300,000,000,000 (1.3 trillion dollars).

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today congratulated Coach Sean Payton and the NFC Champion New Orleans Saints, who are headquartered in the First Congressional District. Scalise made the following statement.