Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today urged his colleagues to consider passing funding for the Department of Homeland Security and the SAVE America Act through...
Kennedy urges Sec. Lutnick to adjust Census poverty definitions: “Please fix it.”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to have the Census Bureau add a new definition of poverty to reflect the benefits...
President Trump signs Kennedy bill to end government payments to deceased Americans
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, which will save hard-earned taxpayer money by curbing erroneous payments to...
Kennedy introduces bill to address welfare waste by providing better poverty data to Congress
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) recently introduced the Poverty Statistics Enhancement Act, a bill that would instruct the United States Census Bureau to include an additional poverty metric...
Kennedy highlights Big Beautiful Bill tax savings, warns against violent ICE protests in Senate speech
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) explained how the Big Beautiful Bill will result in major savings for Americans as they file their taxes this spring in a speech...
ICYMI: Kennedy in The Advocate: Cost of living is coming down, but Congress can do more
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in The Advocate explaining how Congress is working to bring down the cost of living for American families. Key excerpts of the op-ed are...
Kennedy gives update on his plan to stop paying dead people: “It’s on its way to President Trump’s desk”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today released the following statement marking the passage of his Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act in both...
U.S. House of Representatives passes Kennedy, Peters, Wyden bill to end government payments to deceased Americans
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Ron Wyden’s (D-Ore.)’s Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, which...
Kennedy details how Energy and Water Development appropriations bill saves money, improves defense
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) explained how the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Energy and Water Development conference appropriations bill will cut spending by 2.8%...
Kennedy calls for welfare reform to address Minnesota fraud: “Do another reconciliation bill”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on Senate leadership to do another reconciliation bill to address the widespread welfare fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere...