Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
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Recent News About Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
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Cassidy Meets Students at Louisiana Boys State Conference
On June 26, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) met high school seniors participating in the Louisiana Boys State Conference.
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Cassidy, Hagerty, Risch, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Require Congressional Vote on Any Iran Sanctions Relief
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Jim Risch (R-ID) and 30 Republican colleagues introduced the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISRRA), a bill to ensure that the President submits any sanctions relief relating to Iran for congressional review.
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Cassidy, Ossoff, Trahan, Edwards Reintroduce Bill to Protect Americans’ Online Privacy and Data
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) introduced the Data Elimination and Limiting Extensive Tracking and Exchange (DELETE) Act to protect Americans’ private online data.
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Cassidy Announces $1.4 Billion for Louisiana in Broadband Funding from His Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $1,355,554,552.94 in broadband funding from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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ICYMI: Secure Louisiana’s Energy Future: Allow Louisiana to Approve Carbon Capture, Storage Projects
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) penned an op-ed in the American Press highlighting the need for Louisiana to secure the ability Class VI primacy—state-led enforcement for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
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Cassidy Announces $46.8 Million for South Louisiana from his Infrastructure Law
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant South Louisiana $46,781,392.00from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in RAISE grants.
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Cassidy, Menendez, Higgins, Pallone Rollout Bipartisan Legislation to Reform the National Flood Insurance Program
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Clay Higgins (R-LA-03) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ-06) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization (NFIP-RE) Act of 2023.
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Cassidy, Kaine Introduce Bill to Support 222 Nicaraguan Political Prisoners After Release
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Nicaragua Political Prisoner Support Act to support the 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners who were banished by the Ortega dictatorship and are now currently in the United States.
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Ranking Member Cassidy on Troubling Report Showing Declining Reading and Math Scores Among Students Post-Pandemic
On June21, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following the publication of the 2023 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trends report showing a 4-point decline in reading performance and a 9-point decline in math performance among 13-year-old students compared to their pre-pandemic levels during the 2019–20 school year.
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Ranking Member Cassidy Delivers Remarks During Committee Markup of Partisan Labor Bills
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during June 21st’s markup of partisan labor bills.
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Cassidy, Cruz, Barrasso Blast Biden Efforts to Weaponize Rulemaking Reviews
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Help, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and a coalition of Senate Republican committee ranking members in sounding the alarm over an attempt by the White House to hijack the rulemaking process to advance left-wing policy goals that have been rejected by Congress.
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Cassidy, Coons, Risch, Cardin, Tillis, Colleagues Write Open Letter of Support for Imprisoned Reporter Evan Gershkovich
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jim Risch (R-ID), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Thom Tillis (R-NC), and 27 colleagues condemned the unjust detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by the Russian government and expressed their support during his wrongful imprisonment.
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Cassidy Announces $2.4 Million in Flood Mitigation Assistance to Louisiana
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced that Louisiana will receive a total of $2,396,936.00 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Cassidy, Lankford, Gillibrand, Colleagues Lead Effort to Stop Iranian Nuclear Program
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and 23 Senate colleagues urged President Biden to deter Iran from advancing its nuclear weapon capability.
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Cassidy Announces $44 Million for Hurricane Ida Relief
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will grant the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals a total of $44,014,146.58 in relief for Hurricane Ida.
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Cassidy Announces $13.7 Million for Broadband from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) on June 20 announced Louisiana will receive a total of $13,688,241.00 for high-speed affordable internet infrastructure from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Cassidy, Rubio Introduce Bill to Unleash American Energy, Expand Gas Exports to U.S. Allies
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced the Expediting Natural Gas Exports to Allies Act to expand expedited export approval processes under the Natural Gas Act to projects intended to supply allies and key strategic partners like Ukraine and Taiwan, which are threatened by aggression from Russia and the Chinese Communist Party.
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Senate Passes Cassidy, Heinrich Led Resolution Designating June 16 as National Service and Conservation Corps Day
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and colleagues applauded the passage of their resolution to designate June 16, 2023, as National Service and Conservation Corps Day.
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Cassidy Announces $6 Million in Flood Mitigation Assistance to Louisiana
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced that Louisiana will receive a total of $5,985,086.00 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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Cassidy, Schatz, Wicker Introduce Legislation to Expand Telehealth Access, Make Permanent Telehealth Flexibilities
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and a bipartisan group of 60 senators introduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act.