Democrats are hard-pressed to find any support for H.R. 1 as hundreds of groups urge members of Congress to vote no on the Democrat Politician Protection Act. As their first bill of the 116th Congress, House Democrats made clear their number one priority is using federal law to protect their majority. H.R. 1, the Democrat Politician Protection Act, would force a federal takeover of… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and his colleagues, Reps. Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), and Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), offered the Free Speech Fairness Act as an amendment to H.R. 1 in an effort to restore free speech rights to 501(c)(3) organizations, including houses of worship, who are currently barred from making statements on political issues lest they… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) brought the spirit of Louisiana Mardi Gras to Capitol Hill today, surprising members of Congress with traditional king cake from New Orleans. Click here or below to watch as Whip Scalise shares this Mardi Gras tradition. Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's America's Newsroom to address Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) latest anti-Semitic comments. Whip Scalise renewed his call for her immediate removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as anti-Semitic rhetoric and beliefs stand contrary to U.S. foreign policy,… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) authored a joint op-ed for FoxNews.com calling attention to Republican efforts to demand a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would ensure doctors do all they can to save the lives of babies who survive abortions. Whip Scalise is leading the effort in the U.S. House of… Read more »

Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after passage of H.R. 8, a Democrat gun control bill that will criminalize law-abiding citizens, and will not reduce violence: “I strongly oppose the gun control bills brought forward this week under the guise of background checks. Republicans identified many problems with this bill and the… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement upon completion of oral arguments in the United States Supreme Court in the American Legion's case defending a nearly century old Peace Cross in Bladensburg, Md. “For almost a century, the Bladensburg Peace Cross has stood in memory of 49 Maryland soldiers who gave their lives for their… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Fox News Channel's Ingraham Angle last night to discuss Democrats' real agenda to criminalize gun owners behind their gun control legislation. Whip Scalise emphasized that while Democrats claim these laws will prevent gun violence, the reality is they will make criminals out of law-abiding citizens and would not prevent mass… Read more »

Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after House Democrats' show vote against President Trump’s legally-declared national emergency:   ”While Speaker Pelosi and her liberal lieutenants refuse to support the money necessary to secure our border, President Trump took an oath to keep our country safe, and is using all legal tools available… Read more »

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined fellow Republican leaders to discuss President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to end the crisis at our southern border. Whip Scalise stressed the urgency of securing the border with specific examples of criminal illegal immigrants, including a man in South Louisiana who sexually assaulted children. Click here or… Read more »