House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's The Ingraham Angle to discuss Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Louisiana to discuss reopening schools in the fall. Whip Scalise stressed the importance of safely reopening our schools in order to protect the development and welfare of our students, and as a critical component for getting America back on its… Read more »

TOPLINE: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose deadly "must admit" coronavirus order for nursing homes led to thousands of unnecessary elderly deaths, recently tried to defend his actions by pointing to a report by his own administration falsely claiming the deadly "must admit" orders were not "a significant factor” in nursing home fatalities. Instead, the report and Governor Cuomo… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Vice President Mike Pence, Governor John Bel Edwards, members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and members of the Louisiana Congressional Delegation for a press briefing to conclude the Vice President's visit to Louisiana, which included a roundtable discussion at LSU's Tiger Stadium to discuss the state's response to COVID-19,… Read more »

The Recovery Report is a weekly newsletter about America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic from Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (SSOCC) Republicans.  Coronavirus Facts of the Week: Seven months. That’s the amount of time the average student could fall behind academically if schools do not reopen until next year, according to June… Read more »

Republican Whip and House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) sent a letter yesterday afternoon calling on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to answer questions raised by the release of a report that Governor Cuomo has used to defend himself against suggestions that his "must admit" orders in New York nursing homes led to thousands of… Read more »

On Thursday, Republican Whip and House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) once again called on NY Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to answer questions about his deadly "must admit" order that forced the state's nursing homes to take in potentially infective coronavirus patients in contradiction of federal safety guidelines. In the letter, Scalise… Read more »

 On Wednesday, Republican members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis along with full Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) called on World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to testify to under oath following revelations that WHO provided false information to Congress about China's actions related to the… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Little Sisters of the Poor cannot be forced to provide free birth control to their employees by the government: “Our country was founded upon the principle of religious freedom. It is morally and constitutionally wrong for the government to force any… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), HEAT member Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), and HEAT Co-Chairs Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) released the following statement in support of the Supreme Court's decision to reverse the nationwide injunction on pipeline construction activity under Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) issued by the U.S. Army… Read more »

On Thursday, Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.) urged Select Subcommittee Chairman Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) to narrow his inquiry into the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) since the Small Business Administration and the Department of Treasury have agreed to provide the requested information and data. In a letter, Ranking… Read more »