This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Bossier Press-Tribune on Feb. 3, 2021. If you discovered someone had been squatting in your house for years, you would...
Louisiana starts 2021 with $1.3 billion less in debt for its levees
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The Advocate on Feb. 1, 2021. Our state sees more than its fair share of natural disasters.After Hurricane Katrina broke our...
Despite 2020’s challenges, we can be confidently thankful this Christmas
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Baptist Message on Dec. 18, 2020.This year not been easy for Louisiana.No one could have foreseen when 2020 began that, in...
Louisiana investors need accountability for foreign companies—and Congress delivered
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report on Dec. 11, 2020. Luckin Coffee, known as “China’s answer to Starbucks,” has a casual...
The census forms are important, so fill them out
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The Advocate on July 21, 2020.Over 230 years ago, the United States conducted its first census with 650 men on horseback riding door to door...
Don’t shortchange Louisiana on offshore revenues
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The Advocate on June 11, 2020.For fifteen years, a federal statute — the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, or GOMESA — has shortchanged...
Sending coronavirus payments to ghosts hurts the living
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in The Hill on May 7, 2020.The coronavirus waterboarded the American economy. Congress had to pass the CARES Act and several other stimulus...
Lowering The Cost Of Prescription Drugs
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the American Healthcare Journal on Oct. 14, 2019. In America, there is medicine to treat the common cold, regulate diabetes,...
Freedom of religion wins in Bladensburg cross case
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Baptist Message on July 12, 2019. All across our country, we have memorials and monuments to remind us of great people...
Sens. Kennedy and Sinema: Stop silencing sexual harassment victims
This op-ed by Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) first appeared in the Washington Examiner on July 1, 2019. The #MeToo movement shined a light on sexual...