Press Releases
Metairie -- Congressman Steve Scalise today made the following comment regarding the news that Oschner Health Systems will purchase the NorthShore Regional Medical Center, ambulatory surgery center and several associated properties in Slidell.
“The NorthShore Regional Medical Center provides high quality care for the residents of Slidell and other parts of St. Tammany Parish. This is welcome news especially for those who will continue to benefit from the hospital’s services and the jobs it provides.”
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Jefferson -- Congressman Steve Scalise along with his Congressional Academy Board has nominated 22 high school students from the First Congressional District to four different U.S. Service Academies for the 2010-11 school year.
Metairie -- Congressman Steve Scalise today announced a total of $16,469,569 in Federal grants and Project Worksheet (PW) reimbursements for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Jefferson Parish Public School System, and the City of Gretna.
Washington, DC -- Congressman Steve Scalise made the following statement with regard to President Obama’s speech on national security.
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.
"I am proud to welcome Congressman Parker Griffith to the Republican party. With their proposed government takeover of health care, the cap and trade energy tax, and reckless borrowing and spending plans, Speaker Pelosi and her liberal lieutenants are pushing such a radical agenda that there is no room left in their party for moderate Democrats."
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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. Scalise held a press conference last week calling on Speaker Pelosi to let the defense bill stand on its own, saying the bid to attach the debt limit increase to troop funding shameless. This week the debt increase was pulled from the defense bill and the amount was cut.
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.
“This is a great honor for Malia Cali, and a proud moment for Louisiana,” Scalise said. “Cali’s achievements in the classroom, on the field, and throughout the community show what a role model she is for our state.”