Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 1:   “H.R. 1 is straight out of the Democrat policy playbook: it funnels money from American taxpayers into politicians’ pockets, hands local control of elections over to the federal government, and enshrines voter fraud.   “This bloated federal takeover of… Read more »

Now that House Democrats' scheme to rig the election system in their favor through H.R. 1 has been exposed, support for the Democrat Politician Protection Act is scarce while opposition grows. From Secretaries of State to free speech and privacy advocates, Americans everywhere are expressing their absolute resistance to this government takeover of elections, infringement of First… Read more »

Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement after the House voted once again to condemn hateful ideologies including anti-Semitism following offensive comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mn.): “I voted in favor of today’s resolution because we must all take a strong stand against hatred and bigotry wherever we see it, and I’m glad this resolution… Read more »

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 »