Scalise Applauds Trump’s Strong 5-Year Offshore Leasing Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement applauding the Department of the Interior’s renewed five-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program to replace the most restrictive plan in our nation’s history put in place under President Biden:
 
“I applaud President Trump and Secretary Burgum for this strong 5-year offshore leasing plan that will create more high-paying American jobs, lower energy costs for hardworking families and small businesses, and bolster our national security while helping our allies reduce their dependence on hostile nations for their energy. This plan will not only boost domestic exploration and production in the Gulf of America and provide much-needed predictability, but thanks to the language I included in the Working Families Tax Cut, Louisiana will receive hundreds of millions in new revenue sharing dollars from these lease sales to fund critical coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects.”
 
Background: 
 
In July 2025, President Trump signed into law the Working Families Tax Cut, which required at least 30 lease sales in the Gulf of America over 15 years. Additionally, Leader Scalise secured language in the law that increases the amount of revenue sharing dollars Louisiana receives each year from offshore drilling from the leases outlined in this plan. This provision in the law will bring hundreds of millions of new dollars to Louisiana for vital coastal restoration and hurricane protection projects. 

What Louisiana Leaders are saying: 

“For Lafourche Parish, one of our best weapons for coastal restoration is the revenue sharing dollars we receive from offshore oil and gas exploration and production. Today’s new five year offshore leasing plan delivers stability for this industry, and thanks to Leader Scalise’s language in the Working Families Tax Cut, we are set to receive millions more in revenue sharing dollars to protect and rebuild our coast for years to come,” said Lafourche Parish President Mitch Orgeron.

“Port Fourchon has felt the impacts from the lack of offshore lease sales but this new five year plan brings back the certainty we need to regain our energy independence, strengthen our local economy with good paying jobs, and deliver more resources for our hurricane protection projects to safeguard industries critical to our nation’s energy and national security,” said Greater Lafourche Port Commission Executive Director Chett Chiasson.

“Louisiana is one of the world’s leading markets for energy production, processing, and transportation, and this offshore leasing plan further secures our state’s vital role in America’s energy security with a strong outlook for future lease sales in the Gulf of America. Not only will this plan solidify billions in economic impact, including high-wage jobs for our region over the next five years, but it also offers the stability this industry needs to continue to invest and grow for the future,” said GNO, Inc. President and CEO Michael Hecht.