Contact
202-225-3015
Washington, DC Office
Priority Bill Status
Ukraine Voting Record
Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022
Emergency supplemental appropriations providing $61B in Ukraine assistance
National Defense Authorization Act with Ukraine security assistance provisions
About
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Elected: 2008 (10th term)
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Background: Senior funding committee member; survived the 2017 congressional baseball shooting
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District: District 1, New Orleans suburbs, LA
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District partisan lean (Cook PVI): R+40
Background and record
Background. He represents the New Orleans suburbs (Jefferson Parish, the southern Louisiana coast). He survived a 2017 assassination attempt at a congressional baseball practice.
Role in Congress. Steve Scalise is the House Majority Leader (the #2 Republican leadership post), former House Republican Whip, former chair of the Republican Study Committee, and a Louisiana State University undergrad. He sits on Republican leadership without a primary committee assignment.
Position on Ukraine. Scalise has voted yes on every Ukraine aid package and was instrumental in negotiating the 2024 Ukraine supplemental that broke through Republican leadership delay tactics.
Strategic Read. Frame asks in terms of his House Majority Leader position direct floor scheduling and message discipline leverage over the entire House Republican Conference, his decades long Russia deterrence institutional credibility, his demonstrated 2024 Ukraine supplemental coalition building track record (he worked with Speaker Johnson and bipartisan moderates), his New Orleans port and energy industry constituency stake in stable global trade, and his assassination survivor moral authority on protecting democracies under attack.
Ukraine Record
- Voting record on Ukraine bills: 95.0% pro-Ukraine (38 pro, 2 anti, on 40 clean votes)
- Voted for earlier Ukraine aid bills
- Not a public champion, but not an obstructionist either
- Louisiana's LNG export facilities give him a direct stake in H.R. 1949
Advocacy Playbook
- The Ask: Schedule floor votes on sanctions bills and personally rally Republican colleagues behind the LNG Potential Act (H.R. 1949), expanding U.S. natural gas exports to reduce Europe's Russian energy dependence
- Why It Works: Louisiana LNG exports (Cameron LNG, Sabine Pass, Plaquemines) mean real jobs in his district. Energy independence from Russia helps Louisiana.
- Local Connection: Gulf Coast LNG industry workers and Louisiana Ukrainian American families. Partner with Texas advocates on a coordinated Gulf Coast message.
- Avoid: Calling this "foreign aid." Louisiana jobs and energy is his lane.
Without this bill, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled the war and built lives in the U.S. face deportation back to an active war zone. This is the single most urgent protection for Ukrainians in America.
More Details →Capitol Switchboard
202-224-3121
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], a constituent from [YOUR CITY/ZIP]. I'm calling to urge Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] to cosponsor H.R. 3104, the Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fled Russia's invasion and are now living in the U.S. on temporary status. They cannot safely return to an active war zone. H.R. 3104 gives them a path to permanent residency. It's bipartisan, it's targeted, and it's the right thing to do. Will Representative [REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME] cosponsor H.R. 3104? Thank you.
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