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Scalise Introduces Legislation to Promote American Manufacturing and Job Creation

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, a bill to increase investment in American manufacturing, create new jobs and reduce costly permitting delays. This legislation is included in House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans' Securing Cleaner American Energy package. “As our economy continues to recover from a…

Scalise and Comer: Cuomo Must Deliver the Facts Now

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Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statements on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s call to “wait for the facts:” “Governor Cuomo calls on New Yorkers and the American people to wait for the facts…

Scalise Calls Out House Dems for Refusing Bipartisan COVID Effort

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) called out House Democrats in today’s colloquy for abandoning every opportunity to work with Republicans on targeted COVID relief, like safely reopening schools and speeding up vaccine distribution, as they rammed their $1.9 trillion package of progressive priorities through Congress. Whip Scalise also criticized House Democrats' erratic…

Scalise: House Dems Infringe on Gun Rights of Law-Abiding American Citizens

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's The Ingraham Angle to discuss the most recent step Speaker Pelosi has taken to pursue House Democrats' radical agenda. Scalise blasted House Democrats for passing a bill that would take away the gun rights of law-abiding American citizens, but rejecting a Republican amendment that would have required ICE to be…

Scalise, Eshoo Introduce Modern Television Act of 2021

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) today introduced the Modern Television Act of 2021, a bill to repeal outdated regulations of the 1992 Cable Act, including retransmission consent and compulsory copyright license, to increase competition in the TV marketplace and to better address perennial broadcast TV blackouts. "Congress needs to…

Scalise: Biden Must Fix Self-Made Border Crisis

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and other Members of the House Republican Conference to blast President Biden's self-made crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Whip Scalise criticized President Biden for implementing policies that are keeping America's schools closed while…

Biden's Self-Made Crisis at the Southern Border

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TOPLINE: Through promises of amnesty and open borders, the Biden Administration has created an out-of-control surge of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. President Biden and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refuse to take responsibility for their actions and acknowledge the reality of the situation. Will House Democrats support these reckless policies that are…

The HEAT Report

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The HEAT Report is a weekly newsletter focusing on how members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) promote American energy security, and an all-of-the-above energy economy. The Latest: Last week, House Democrats introduced the first part of their plan to dismantle American energy independence. Influenced by the Biden Administration's assault on American energy, Democrats' legislation…

Scalise Slams Speaker Pelosi's Socialist Payoff

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) delivered a speech on the House Floor blasting Speaker Pelosi's $1.9 trillion partisan so-called COVID relief package where more than 90% of the bill isn't even related to public health spending. Whip Scalise pointed out how in Democrats' legislation, mismanaged blue states get massive bailouts, prisoners get stimulus checks, and funding for…

Pelosis San Francisco Bailout

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TOPLINE: This week, the House will vote on a $1.9 trillion package where less than 9% of their bill goes to public health and combatting COVID-19. Instead of working with House Republicans to build a bipartisan relief package that helps struggling workers and small businesses and works to opens schools immediately, President Biden and House Democrats prioritized a far-left wish…