Scalise Celebrates Election of Speaker Mike Johnson

Earlier this week, I was proud to celebrate my dear friend from north Louisiana, Mike Johnson, as our newly elected Speaker of the House.

Mike is a strong leader who has the full support of our entire conference, and has a proven track record as a conservative leader who will fight for the American people against President Biden’s radical agenda that is crushing hard-working families.

Mike is honest, hardworking, and principled – he is a great man and will make a great Speaker. I look forward to continuing to work with my good friend to get this country back on track and deliver results for Louisiana families who deserve better from Washington. Congratulations to my friend, Speaker Mike Johnson!

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The United States will always stand with Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East. This is war, not an isolated terrorist attack. Israel must defend itself, and I will firmly back them as they take all steps necessary to eradicate these terrorists. 

We must work to make sure Israel has what it needs to destroy Hamas and any others involved in this attack while deterring other threats to its security. Israel has our full support and prayers and America will not stand by idly. This week, I spoke on the House floor in support of a strong resolution reaffirming our support for our ally Israel as they defend themselves from the barbaric war waged against them by Hamas and was pleased to see the resolution passed overwhelmingly.

This week the House moved forward with additional individual funding bills and passed the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This bill not only prioritizes flood protection and necessary resources for our nation’s waterways, but ensures energy security by providing funding for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Specifically, the bill includes vital funding I fought to include for Southeast Louisiana. 

First, this bill includes $28 million in funding for the Morganza-to-the-Gulf Project, which protects not only the communities and residents within Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes but also an industrial base that supports 20 percent of our nation’s domestically-produced energy.

I also fought to include $500,000 for the deepening of the Houma Navigation Canal to support not only our nation’s offshore energy exploration and production, but the shipbuilding vital to our national defense.