Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:On reconciliation:“We're working hard on reconciliation. I suspect...
Kennedy backs McCormick, Fetterman resolution to condemn antisemitic violence
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sens. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and 33 bipartisan colleagues in introducing a...
Kennedy in the Ouachita Citizen: It’s time to stop pouring taxpayer money into biased public broadcasting
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in the Ouachita Citizen arguing that Congress should defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and, in turn, National Public Radio...
ICYMI: Kennedy and Rep. Murphy in the Washington Examiner: Congress should not stand by as DEI destroys American medical schools
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) penned this op-ed in the Washington Examiner to explain why Congress should pass the EDUCATE Act to prevent medical...
Kennedy champions bill to block taxpayer funding of medical schools that indoctrinate students with DEI ideology
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today reintroduced the Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE)...
Kennedy, Merkley, Marshall, Markey champion bill to end involuntary facial recognition screenings, protect Americans’ privacy at airports
Watch Kennedy’s comments in the Senate Budget Committee here.WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced the...
ICYMI: Kennedy in Newsweek: Students can thrive without Department of Education
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in Newsweek highlighting the improvement in Louisiana’s K-12 schools and arguing that the states should have the power to decide...
Kennedy blasts NYC public school system for promoting antisemitic toolkit: “Still in disbelief”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) questioned why the New York City public school system published an antisemitic newsletter that encouraged students to attend a...
Kennedy on funding NPR, PBS: “That’s not the role of the federal government”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued that the federal government should stop subsidizing public media programming in Louisiana and elsewhere throughout the...
Kennedy champions No Dollars for Dictators Act to stop U.S. tax dollars from flowing to Russia, China, Iran
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the No Dollars for Dictators Act of 2025 to prevent state sponsors of terrorism and perpetrators of genocide from receiving American tax...