WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Miss. Senator Supports Lankford Brief Challenging Suspension HHS Grant Funding for Not Promoting Abortions Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among four fellow Senators who have signed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court led by U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) that supports a challenge to the Biden administration's decision to withhold health care funding from Oklahoma unless the state  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) and Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA) introduced their bipartisan legislation, the Offshore Parity Act of 2024 that will expand the state authority of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico. Expanding state sovereignty in the Gulf would give Louisiana greater management authority over resources and their revenues, including energy and fisheries  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Garret Graves, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Louisiana Congressmen Garret Graves (R-LA) and Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) announced today their bipartisan legislation, the "Offshore Parity Act of 2024," that will expand the state authority of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama in the Gulf of Mexico. Expansion of state sovereignty in the Gulf would give Louisiana greater management authority over resources like energy and fisheries.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following weekly report: * * * Wicker Champions American Energy For four years, President Biden has unwisely placed environmental standards above the United States' energy needs. His officials have embraced a long Democratic tradition: finding "green" excuses to limit domestic oil, gas, and critical minerals production - hurting American companies and helping our adversaries. In the 1990s, I fought President Clinton's "tin c  more