WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, today applauded the Appropriations Committee for approving the...
Kennedy introduces bill to extend National Flood Insurance Program through 2024
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Extension Act of 2023 to prevent the NFIP from expiring on September 30, 2023. The...
Kennedy, Tillis, Whitehouse introduce bipartisan bill to protect U.S. businesses from foreign extortion
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Richard Blumenthal...
Senate Small Business Committee passes Kennedy bill to help homeowners, small business owners rebuild after disaster strikes
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2023 today passed the Senate Small Business Committee, and now moves to the Senate floor for...
Kennedy announces $1 million in Hurricane Ida aid for Lafourche Parish
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,061,619 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant...
Kennedy highlights continuing threat to religious liberty in Finland
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today urged the U.S. State Department’s Ambassador-at-Large in the Office of International Religious Freedom, Rashad Hussain, and Douglas Hickey, the U.S....
Kennedy announces $2.6 million to Plaquemines Parish for Hurricane Ida
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,559,957 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for...
Kennedy calls for transparency in the search for next New Orleans police chief: “Let us hear from them”
Watch Kennedy’s full remarks here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to be transparent in her search for the next chief of the New Orleans Police...
Kennedy, Smith introduce bill to make it easier for community banks and credit unions to provide public with more banking, credit options
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced the Promoting New and Diverse Depositories Act, which would direct the...
Kennedy, colleagues introduce bill to protect investor privacy by prohibiting vulnerable SEC database
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced the Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act, which would protect...