WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) introduced the China Trade Cheating Restitution Act (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HEY25G63.pdf), which would direct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to pay $38.5 million from the interest on anti-dumping duties received from Chinese imports to certain agricultural sectors harmed by China's illegal trade practices, including $10.6 million for crawfish producers.
"Louisiana's crawfish industry is more than just a business-it's our culture. We're standing up to China's illegal attempts to hurt our producers, our processors, and our way of life," s...