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March 24, 2010

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise will be testifying at a House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday, March 25, to present his bill, H.R. 1075, which will provide veterans with health care access following a disaster.

Hearing Schedule:

House Veterans Affairs Committee

Thursday, March 25

10 AM

334 Cannon House Office Building

March 23, 2010

Washington, DC -- With China holding nearly $890 Billion in U.S. Debt, Congressman Steve Scalise today toured the U.S. Treasury’s Bureau of Public Debt and witnessed more than $31 billion in United States debt being auctioned off to banks and foreign governments.

March 22, 2010

Washington, DC -- On Saturday, Congressman Steve Scalise introduced an amendment to H.R. 3590, the government takeover of health care, that would have repealed the unconstitutional individual mandate that requires all American’s to buy government approved health insurance. Scalise is calling on Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to challenge the constitutionality of the individual mandate in court.

March 21, 2010

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise issued the following statement today in response to the passage of H.R. 3590, the government takeover of health care.

March 18, 2010

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise issued the following statement condemning the so-called “Slaughter Solution” as a shameless scheme that could allow the government takeover of health care to become law without even being voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives.

March 18, 2010

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today sent copies of H.R. 3590, the proposed government takeover of health care, to libraries throughout the First Congressional District.

March 18, 2010

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that his district staff will begin holding regular satellite office hour sessions in St. Charles Parish. The first satellite office hours will take place on Wednesday, March 31.

March 12, 2010

Who: Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA)

What: Town Hall Meeting on Health Care and the Process and Timing of Upcoming Votes

When: 9 - 10 AM CT, Monday, March 15

Where: East Bank Regional Library - Metairie
4747 West Napoleon Avenue

March 11, 2010

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously to impeach U.S. Eastern District Judge Thomas Porteous.

March 11, 2010

Washington, DC -- At a time when people are asking ‘where are the jobs,’ thousands of high-paying jobs are waiting to be created in America’s energy industry. Jobs can be created today by further developing America’s natural resources such as oil and natural gas, and expanding on new technologies such as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a critical tool in tapping the huge potential of our country’s natural gas supply.