The passage of the Social Security Fairness Act and the $2.8 billion dollars U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy helped secure from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act top the senator’s list of top 2024 accomplishments. Cassidy detailed other highlights in a news conference Tuesday.

The Social Security Fairness Act, of which Cassidy is a longtime co-sponsor, repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset to ensure public sector workers and their families receive their full Social Security benefits.

“I will continue the work to find a comprehensive solution to save Social Security,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy was one of the five lead Republican negotiators and member of the bipartisan group of 22 senators for Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is the largest in infrastructure and coastal resiliency in the history of Louisiana.

During the news conference, the senator said he wants Louisiana to reap the benefits of the bill, not Texas, Arkansas or Mississippi,” because infrastructure is the first step in building the economy and making the state better for families and businesses.

“Folks need to compete for the matching funds” he said, telling about how Morgan City, a small community, received $17 million that will be used for infrastructure improvements including sidewalks, crosswalks, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access, bicycle lanes, street trees and lighting to four segments within the city.”

Cassidy said that small – and large – communities can get help for applying for matching grant funds through the Louisiana Infrastructure Technical Assistance Corporation’s online portal, local Police Jury associations and municipal associations.

Other milestones for the senator are the passage of the First National Hazing Bill, introduced by Cassidy. This will make an annual report available to parents that will allow them to see college organizations that have been accused of hazing violations.

Cassidy made the “Dean’s List” for his support of Second Amendment Rights. He was instrumental in striking down Title IX “progressive ideology over the needs of women” ensuring that women continue to have a fair shake in the classroom and on the sports field. He also supported the Laken Riley Act, which gives local law enforcement and ICE the OK to arrest and detail immigrants in the country unlawfully who are suspected of theft.

The bill is named for the 22-year-old nursing student – Cassidy said she would be 23 now – who was murdered last year in Athens, Ga., by an immigrant who was in the country unlawfully and had been previously apprehended by Border Patrol and released.