With Thursday's vote by his peers, Louisiana's First Congressional District Representative Steve Scalise has been elected to the third-highest ranking position in U.S. House leadership.
U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy said "we need to know more" about the ongoing scandal plaguing the Veterans Administration, "but what is apparent is that the Veterans Administration--at least some V.A. facilities--are poorly serving those whom they should serve."
Cassidy urged the Democratic senator in a letter Friday to let her Energy and Natural Resources Committee consider the legislation, saying an amendment he included in the bill could mean billions of additional dollars for Louisiana's coastal rebuilding plan.
U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy suggested that another delay in President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law meant the law was "unworkable" and has been implemented by his "unilaterally" changing law.
U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana accused President Barack Obama Tuesday morning of circumventing written law by issuing executive orders to postpone the implementation of the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act for medium-sized businesses.