WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in introducing the Open Courts Act, bipartisan legislation to modernize the...
Kennedy, Cotton to fight collection of American investors’ data with amicus brief
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees, joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 10 other colleagues in filing an amicus brief in American...
Kennedy thanks law enforcement for quick response to Trump assassination attempt: “This guy never got close”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) commended the law enforcement officers at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for their heroic efforts to halt the attempted...
Kennedy urges Senate to reopen DHS, pass SAVE America Act through reconciliation: “We wouldn’t need 60 votes”
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 in Fox News: Democrats are gambling with our lives by not funding DHS
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in Fox News Digital urging Democrats to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.Key excerpts of the op-ed are below: “My...
U.S. Senate confirms Kennedy-backed Louisiana district judge nominee Anna St. John
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s district judge nominee for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Anna...
Kennedy, Grassley, colleagues introduce bill to expose third-party funding behind lawsuits
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Litigation Funding...
Kennedy in Fox Opinion: Democrats’ defund-the-police plan failed, but here they go again
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed for Fox News arguing that the calls to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could backfire as quickly as the defund-the-police...
Kennedy and Senate Republican colleagues introduce bill to codify Trump policy blocking visas for religious persecutors
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and six colleagues in introducing the Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution...
Kennedy welcomes the March for Life to Washington: “Thank you so much for standing strong for life”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) released the following statement to recognize the 2026 March for Life:“I want to welcome the tens of thousands of pro-life...