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Scalise: Closing Schools Hurt Our Children

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House Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee’s hearing highlights how school closures harmed children’s learning, especially low-income and minority students in Democrat-run cities. Whip Scalise urges Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the…

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:Over the past few weeks, the Biden Administration’s anti-American energy agenda has continued to take its toll on American families.  Gas prices reached a record-high of $4.48 a…

The Pandemic Response Report

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Pandemic Response Report is a weekly newsletter about America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic from Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSOCC) Republicans.  What’s Important  Scalise, Comer, Biggs Lead Call for CDC Oversight Hearing: House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.),…

Scalise Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor For Significant Contributions to American Society

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) yesterday received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS) for providing significant philanthropic and humanitarian contributions to the United States. Recipients are chosen based on their visionary leadership, passion for upholding American ideals, and working to ensure all U.S. citizens have opportunities to…

Scalise and Rutherford: Let's Honor the Fallen This National Police Week

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Today, on Peace Officers Memorial Day, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Congressman John Rutherford (R-Fla.) co-authored an op-ed for the Washington Examiner honoring the service and sacrifice of fallen police officers. Whip Scalise and Congressman Rutherford wrote about the need to support law enforcement officers who risk their own safety to keep…

HEAT Leaders Blast Biden Administration For Cancelling Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sales

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Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and HEAT Co-Chairs Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) issued the following statement after the Biden Administration announced the cancellation of three offshore oil and gas lease sales off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico, effectively ending any chance that an offshore lease sale will be held this…

Scalise, Comer, Biggs Lead Call For CDC Oversight Hearing

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House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Representative Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), along with Republican lawmakers on both panels, today called on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Select Subcommittee…

Scalise Calls to Defund Bidens Ministry of Truth

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Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (R-La.), Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and Congressman August Pfluger (R-Texas) to discuss Congresswoman Boebert’s…

Scalise: Biden Gave Control of the Southern Border to Drug Cartels

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House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Congressman Chip Roy (R-Texas), Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), Mark Morgan, former Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council, Tom Homan, former Director of U.S. Immigration & Customs…

Scalise Slams Democrats' Abortion Extremism, Attempts to Intimidate the Supreme Court

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Today, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria to call out President Biden for refusing to condemn the harassment campaign by leftists against Supreme Court justices in light of the leaked Dobbs opinion.Additionally, Whip Scalise emphasized that unless the Biden Administration reverses its pro-amnesty and weak border security…