Press Releases
Cassidy, Vitter Announce More Than $7 Million for Baton Rouge Metro Airport
Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and David Vitter announced that the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BRMA) in Louisiana will receive $7,328,254 in federal and state grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The improvements are estimated to create 249 construction jobs and improve the airport’s operations and safety. “These grants are a win-win. They will create more than 200 jobs in the Baton Rouge area and improve the safety of pass… Continue Reading
01.13.15
Cassidy, Heller Look to Protect Workers from Obama’s Energy Regulations
Today, Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced the Energy Consumers Relief Act to protect workers and consumers from the consequences of costly EPA regulations. This bill would ensure greater transparency and review of the EPA’s billion-dollar energy rules. It requires the EPA to submit a report to Congress detailing certain cost, benefit, energy price and job impacts before the EPA finalizes any new energy-related rules estimated to cost more than $1 billion. Th… Continue Reading
01.12.15
Cassidy Begins Health Care Agenda Rollout
Today, Senator Bill Cassidy introduced the No Obamacare Mandate Act and The Employee Health Care Protection Act to start moving forward on repealing Obamacare and replacing it with patient-centered solutions for Americans. These are Dr. Cassidy’s first legislative bills introduced as a U.S Senator. He is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. No Obamacare Mandate Act Repeals the medical device tax, the employer mandate, and the individual mandate.… Continue Reading
01.12.15
Cassidy: We Have Common Ground On Keystone
Today, Senator Bill Cassidy urged the U.S. Senate to work together to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. It was Dr. Cassidy’s first floor speech as a U.S. Senator. He a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Watch his remarks here and see excerpts below: "…Approving this pipeline is not the final step in this independence but it is a next step. It's a good step. And the case for approving this pipeline and other energy infrastructure projects is clear. … I truly believ… Continue Reading
01.07.15
Cassidy Statement on Keystone Markup
Today, Dr. Bill Cassidy participated in his first U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee meeting to markup an original bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The Cassidy Keystone bill to authorize building the pipeline passed the House of Representatives on November 18, 2014. Senator Cassidy offered the following statement: “The President’s Keystone XL Pipeline veto threat means he does not care about the 40,000 jobs that will be created by the pipeline. Louisiana familie… Continue Reading
01.05.15
Cassidy Sworn In As U.S. Senator
Today, Dr. Bill Cassidy was sworn in as a member of the 114th Congress representing Louisiana in the United States Senate. Senator Cassidy offered the following statement: "It's a great honor to represent the people of Louisiana in the U.S. Senate. Our national priorities should be creating better jobs for working Americans and a healthcare system that works for patients and not for bureaucrats.” Previously, Dr. Cassidy announced that he will serve on the Senate Energy and Natural Resou… Continue Reading
