Press Releases

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today was a panelist for the Motion Picture Association of America’s (MPAA) Symposium, “The Business of Show Business – American Creativity at Work.”

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise announced that his office is accepting entries for the 2009 Congressional Art Competition. The theme for 2009 is “Louisiana Pride within the First District.”

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA) today made the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the agency’s proposal that would give them authority to regulate carbon dioxide and five other gases under the Clean Air Act.

Hammond -- Congressman Steve Scalise today will be speaking at three Taxpayer Tea Parties throughout the First Congressional District, joining his constituents to protest their anger and opposition with out-of-control government spending, borrowing and proposed tax increases.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise today made the following statement regarding the rescue of Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips who had been held hostage by Somali pirates.

WASHINGTON – Republican Louisiana congressional delegation members say a new effort by the Obama administration to curtail carbon emissions could have a “devastating” effect on oil and gas states such as Louisiana.

Leaders of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced draft legislation Tuesday that would institute what is known as cap-and-trade.

Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise recently received the “Spirit of Enterprise” award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.