U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced that he has secured $399,380,000 for Louisiana in the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills signed into law. The funding is intended to improve roads and bridges, strengthen flood protection, and support the state’s economy. This amount is in addition to over $1.25 billion Cassidy secured for national security purposes.
According to CQ Roll Call’s analysis, Cassidy obtained the fifth-highest total funding amount in the Senate and more funding for his state than any senator who does not serve on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“I wake up every morning and think about how I can make our state a better place to live,” said Dr. Cassidy. “This is funding which could have gone to another state, but it is coming to Louisiana to help make our communities safer and more secure.”
Since taking office, Cassidy has consistently ranked among the most effective senators at directing federal funding home despite not serving on the Appropriations Committee. In FY2024, Roll Call reported that Cassidy was one of the top 20 senators in total funding secured for his state and one of only five in that group who does not sit on the committee. That year, he secured the highest total of any member of Louisiana’s congressional delegation.
In FY2025, Congress funded the government through a full-year continuing resolution that did not include Congressionally Directed Spending projects.
Cassidy earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Louisiana State University (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/). He began his political career with seats in the Louisiana State Senate before being elected to represent Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House starting in 2008 (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/). He won election to the U.S. Senate in 2014 (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/) and now serves as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/), influencing policy on health care, labor, education, and retirement. As a representative of Louisiana in the federal legislative body (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/), his office includes senior staff such as a first assistant (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/).
