WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act to address reports indicating that Palestinian students are being taught inaccurate or...
Senate Homeland Security Committee unanimously passes Kennedy, Peters bill to make FEMA emergency response more efficient
WASHINGTON – The Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today unanimously passed Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.), chairman of HSGAC,...
Kennedy announces $9.2 million in Hurricane Laura aid, emergency protective measures for Calcasieu Parish
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,172,282 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana emergency...
Kennedy, Cassidy urge Pres. Biden to reverse plan to pause LNG permits
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Ranking member of the Senate Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and colleagues urged the Biden administration...
Kennedy in The Wall Street Journal: No new nominees until Biden admin ends harmful LNG policy
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), the ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, penned this op-ed in The Wall Street Journal to explain why the Biden...
Kennedy announces $14.1 million in Hurricane Ida aid, protective measures for south Louisiana
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $14,089,774 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana...
Kennedy, Peters co-lead bipartisan legislation to make FEMA emergency response more efficient
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Helping...
Kennedy announces $4.5 million in Hurricane Ida aid for Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,512,068 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster...
Kennedy on NOLA Sewerage Board: “Model of inefficiency”
Watch Kennedy’s full remarks here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today raised concerns regarding the Sewerage and Water Board of New...
Kennedy on Risk Rating 2.0: “FEMA lied”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today spoke in the Senate Banking Committee about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Risk Rating 2.0...