Press Releases

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that his staff will be hosting satellite office hours in Slidell periodically throughout the year. The first satellite office hours will be this Thursday, January 7 and Congressman Scalise will personally be on hand from 9 – 10 am.

Jefferson -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced the Washington Parish VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic will open on February 1, in Bogalusa.

Jefferson -- Congressman Steve Scalise issued the following statement after Senate Democrats passed a 2,733-page government takeover of health care.

Jefferson -- Congressman Steve Scalise made the following statement today regarding news reports that Alabama Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith will switch to the Republican Party later today.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise and other members of Congress have been pressuring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to strip the proposal to increase the national debt ceiling from the Defense Appropriations bill.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise congratulated Malia Cali of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Hammond for being awarded the prestigious 2009 Ladies High School Heisman for her excellence in athletics and academics. Cali was the sole female winner out of more than 55,000 applicants nationwide.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today introduced H.R. 4262, the Control America’s Purse-strings to Deliver a Better Tomorrow (CAP the DEBT) Act. Scalise’s bill would require a two-thirds majority in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in order to increase the national debt ceiling.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise applauded the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) for awarding a $3 million grant to the University of New Orleans (UNO) Robert E. Nims Center for Entertainment Arts, a film and creative media facility which assists Louisiana’s very successful film industry.