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Scalise: Time for Senate Democrats to End the Madness, Reopen Government

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10.30

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and members of the New York Republican delegation to discuss the pain Democrats are inflicting on the American people out of fear of their far-left base. Leader Scalise highlighted millions of Americans in five Democrat state...

Scalise Thanks Chief of Staff for 15 Years of Service

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Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s Chief of Staff, Brett Horton, announced that he will be leaving the office in December. Horton started working for Scalise in 2010 and served previously as his Counsel, Policy Director, and Floor Director. Horton’s replacement will be named in the coming days. Leader Scalise released the following statement thanking Horton. “There are few people that kn...

Scalise Calls Out Schumer for Abandoning American People for Radical Base

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10.29

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to call out Democrats for inflicting painful suffering on the American people while trying to blame Republicans for the shutdown Democrats voted for. Leader Sca...

Scalise: What Are Democrats Waiting For?

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10.28

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger (R-Texas) to discuss federal workers and hardworking families feeling the negative impact of the Democrats’ shutdown. Leader Scalise slammed Democrats for prioritiz...

Scalise: Dire Need for Democrats to Reopen Government

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10.28

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News’ America Reports to urge Senate Democrats to stop their tantrum, reopen the government, and end the suffering they're inflicting on families, servicemembers, and federal employees. As Americans prepare to miss paychecks, SNAP benefits, and WIC payments, Leader Scalise called out Democrats for being morally bankrupt as they cater to...

Scalise on Democrats Using the American People as Leverage: National Disgrace

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10.27

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler, and House Committee on Small Business Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas) to discuss Democrats using hardworking families as leverage during the Schumer Shutdown. Leader Scalise warned about the dire conseq...

Scalise Slams Democrats for Holding Air Traffic Control Hostage for Political Leverage

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10.23

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) to discuss Democrats keeping the government shut down for political leverage with their radical base...

Scalise Calls Out Democrats Prioritizing Hatred of Trump Over the American People

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10.22

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), and House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) to discuss Democrats prioritizing their hatred of President T...

Louisiana Delegation Asks Trump Administration for Details on Alleged Hamas Terrorist Living in Lafayette

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Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise led Speaker Mike Johnson, Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy, and Representatives Clay Higgins and Julia Letlow in sending a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem requesting a briefing on how an alleged Hamas terrorist entered the country and took up residence in Louisiana under the Biden Administration. Leader Scalise released the foll...

Scalise on Democrats Prioritizing the Far-Left and Fundraising While Keeping the Government Shut Down: It’s Disgusting

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10.21 presser

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) to discuss Democrat senators and aides admitting that they would reopen the government if it weren't for their fear of angering their far-left base. Leader Scalise hi...

Scalise Calls out Democrats for Violent Rhetoric at ‘Hate America’ Rallies

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10.20

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-Md.), and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) to discuss the weekend’s ‘Hate America’ rallies, the violent rhetoric at those rallies, and the need for Senate Democrats to reopen the government. Leader Scalise emphasized that while the ral...

Scalise: Democrats cheer 'No Kings' protests, but let shutdown devastate families

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Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) wrote an op-ed published on FoxNews.com highlighting how radical leftists will gather at “Hate America” rallies across the country this weekend, celebrating Democrats holding the government hostage, while millions of American families are suffering because of the Schumer Shutdown. Read the full op-ed below or on FoxNews.com. LEADER SCALISE: Democr...

Scalise: Hardworking Americans Paying the Price for Schumer's Shutdown

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10.17

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) to discuss the radical shift in the Democrat party and Chuck Schumer’s efforts to appease extreme leftists by holding the government hostage. Leader Scalise emphasized the pain Democrats’ shutdown is i...

Scalise: Democrats Jeopardizing American Safety Over Personal Politics

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10.16

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) to discuss the negative consequences of the Democrat Shutdown, including how it jeopardizes our homeland security. Leader Scalise emphasized that Chuck Schumer needs to stop placating his radic...

Scalise: Democrats' Shutdown Causing Real Harm for Real Americans

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10.15

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and House Main Street Caucus leadership to discuss American families suffering as a result of Democrats holding the government hostage over their partisan demands. Leader Scalise praised President Trump for finding a way to p...