Dr. Cassidy's Blog

Cassidy: Big Government Getting in the Way of Strong Economy

Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Baton Rouge Advocate reports on Cassidy's meeting with the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, where he discussed how federal deficits, taxes, and regulation are preventing economic growth and job creation.  At the meeting, Cassidy was presented with the Chamber's "Spirit of Enterprise Award," which is given to lawmakers who have a record of standing up for free enterprise and advancing pro-growth economic policies. Read more...

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Cassidy Named ‘Taxpayer Hero’ By Citizens Against Government Waste

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Citizens Against Government Waste, one of the nation’s premier government spending watchdogs, named Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy a ‘Taxpayer Hero’ for his record of “standing shoulder-to-shoulder with taxpayers and working to cut wasteful federal spending and taxes.” Read more...

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Cassidy Oped: Gulf Coast Can't Afford CLEAR Disaster

Friday, July 30, 2010

In an OpEd published in The Hill, Rep. Bill Cassidy explains that the CLEAR Act, which is billed as a response to the oil spill, "has much less to do with preventing another spill than it does preventing domestic energy production and destroying jobs." Read more...

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Cassidy Seeks Vote On Drilling Ban

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) signaled Wednesday that he will seek a House vote to overturn the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil-and-gas drilling that began in late May.
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Advocate: Cassidy Proposes New Panel

Monday, July 19, 2010
In response to President Obama's appointment of a partisan oil spill commission that is ideologically opposed to domestic energy production, Cassidy introduced legislation to create a bipartisan, independent commission of experts to investigate the Deepwater Horizon spill.  Cassidy's proposal passed unanimously in the House Natural Resources Committee. Read more... Bookmark and Share

Cassidy: Jobs Summit No Substitute For Effective Jobs Policy

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Louisiana Congressman Bill Cassidy made the following statement on the President's Jobs Summit: Read more...

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