Press Releases
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today personally met with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to discuss a number of issues regarding hurricane recovery, including the current backlog of Public Assistance (PA) projects, reforming FEMA, and forgiveness procedures for Community Disaster Loans (CDLs).
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today sent a letter to Peter Orszag, President Obama’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging him to remove the lock usage tax from the FY 2010 Budget. There are 23 other Members of Congress from around the country that have signed on to Scalise’s bi-partisan letter.
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today submitted a statement to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for a committee hearing titled, “A Hearing on New Orleans Hurricane and Flood Protection and Coastal Louisiana.”
Washington, DC -- Members of Congress today requested a government review of discrepancies in the number of unresolved FEMA Public Assistance projects still awaiting federal funds. Now four years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, resolution to these projects will help Louisiana move forward with delayed disaster recovery efforts.
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that five of his nominees for the U.S. Armed Service Academies have received an appointment. In December 2008 Scalise submitted nine nominations from the First District to the Academies.
New Orleans -- Louisiana Congressmen Steve Scalise (LA-01) and Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA-02) were joined today by Congressman John L. Mica (R-FL), the Republican Leader of the U.S. House committee with oversight of FEMA, for a Congressional review of how to break loose the backlog of FEMA recovery projects still pending after the 2005 hurricanes.
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today made the following statement after the National Football League (NFL) awarded the 2013 Super Bowl to New Orleans.
Mandeville -- Congressman Steve Scalise and U.S. Senator David Vitter yesterday gathered the appropriate parties to work out the issues causing the delays to the permitting process for the Interstate I-12 interchange at Louisiana 1088 project.
Hammond -- Congressman Steve Scalise will deliver the Commencement Speech for the Southeastern Louisiana University (SLU) Graduating Class of 2009 tomorrow, Saturday, May 16.
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced that his district staff will be hosting mobile office hours in Washington Parish on Thursday, May 28.