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April 2, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Energy Action Team co-chairs Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) joined House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) to applaud President Trump's action to make 30 million barrels of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve's oil storage capacity available to struggling U.S. oil producers.

April 1, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Channel's Morning's with Maria to discuss the implementation of the Coronavirus relief bill, which needs to be the focus of Congress and the administration over the coming weeks to ensure workers, families, and businesses can survive this crisis.

March 30, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement upon the Department of the Interior's announcement that the State of Louisiana will receive $124.6 million, in addition to $31.1 million for its Costal Political Subdivisions, in revenue sharing funding as required by the

March 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's Justice with Judge Jeanine to discuss how the CARES Act will help workers and businesses of all sizes stay afloat so people have jobs to return to when the American economy gets back up and running.

Whip Scalise emphasized the need to listen to state and local officials to help flatten the Coronavirus curve so that we can reopen businesses as soon as possible.

March 28, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's The Story with Martha MacCallum last night and Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends this morning to discuss how the CARES Act will deliver much-needed relief to families, small businesses, and healthcare workers across the country.

March 27, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement upon House passage of the CARES Act:

March 26, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement upon news that the agreement between the Trump Administration, Senate Republicans, and Senate Democrats on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was passed in the Senate last night, includes language enabling loan forbearance:

March 26, 2020

The CARES Act contains smart, proven relief measures for small businesses, families, and workers. Democrats' efforts to derail this bill wasted critical days and did unnecessary damage to our economy, however, Republicans have worked hard to keep Speaker Pelosi's overtly socialist and Green New Deal policies out of the final text.

March 25, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the follow statement upon the Center for Disease Control's announcement that they will be sending an expert in Infection Prevention and Control to the Lambeth House in New Orleans:

March 25, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement upon news of an agreement between the Trump Administration, Senate Republicans, and Senate Democrats on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: