Press Releases

Aug 29, 2016

Scalise Statement on the Eleventh Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

METAIRIE, LA. – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today released the following statement on the eleventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in southeast Louisiana.

Aug 16, 2016

Whip Scalise Statement on Release of 15 Terrorists from Guantanamo Bay

Issues: National Security

Washington, D.C. – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the below statement following the Obama administration's release of 15 terrorists from Guantanamo Bay prison

Aug 3, 2016

Scalise Statement on Pres. Obama's Cash Delivery to Iran

Issues: National Security

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today after the Wall Street Journal reported that the “Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran,” the latest in a long series of troubling news reports to emerge surrounding the President’s nuclear deal with the dangerous regime

Jul 29, 2016

Scalise Statement on Zika Virus

Issues: Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today regarding news that the Zika virus is being locally transmitted in the United States:

Jul 17, 2016

Scalise Statement on Today's Attack on Baton Rouge Police Officers

Issues: National Security

METAIRIE, LA — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the below statement following today’s attack on police officers in Baton Rouge, La.

Jul 15, 2016

Scalise Statement on Terror Attack in Nice

Issues: National Security

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today regarding the terror attack in Nice, France

Jul 14, 2016

Scalise: Iran Deal "Has Failed America And Our Allies"

Issues: National Security

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) issued the following statement today following House passage of H.R. 5631, the Iran Accountability Act of 2016, and H.R. 4992, the U.S. Financial System Protection Act – legislation to hold Iran accountable for violating the terms of the nuclear arms agreement by imposing tougher sanctions on the rogue regime.

Jul 12, 2016

Scalise to Obama: Work With Congress to Combat Zika

Issues: Health Care

WASHINGTON, DC — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today joined five of his House and Senate colleagues in urging President Obama to work with Congress on a critical anti-Zika package that provides $1.1 billion in funding to help combat the growing threat posed by the Zika virus.

Jul 12, 2016

Scalise: The American Dream Is In Jeopardy, But House GOP Has A Better Way

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today at a Leadership press conference spoke about House Republicans’ Better Way policy initiative to get America back on track.

Jul 8, 2016

Scalise: "We Must Heal and Bring Peace"

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) today issued the following statement

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