WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) in introducing the Thin Blue Line Act to make the targeting, killing or...
Kennedy announces $4.1 million to Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District in Hurricane Ida recovery
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $4,127,623 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid grant for...
Kennedy introduces bill to help parents cut costs for K-12 education amid rampant inflation
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Inflation-Adjusted Education Investment Act to help parents afford the cost of K-12 tuition. The bill would permanently increase the...
Kennedy demands answers from Biden ATF for attempts to shut down law-abiding gun stores
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Tedd Budd (R-N.C.) and a bicameral group of Republican colleagues in urging Attorney General...
Kennedy, Crapo introduce Hearing Protection Act to remove regulatory burden for lawful gun owners
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in introducing the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) to help law-abiding gun owners better access suppressors to...
Kennedy on pro-criminal DC crime bill: “The first purpose of government is to protect people and their property”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today denounced the passage of the D.C. Council’s soft-on-crime revision of the city’s criminal code. Despite rising crime rates and decreasing law...
Kennedy announces $6 million to Louisiana, New Orleans in Hurricanes Ida, Zeta recovery
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $6,068,430 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid grants for...
Kennedy backs bill to return more offshore energy revenue to Louisiana, Gulf states
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), along with a bicameral, bipartisan group of lawmakers, introduced the Reinvesting in...
Kennedy, Fischer introduce resolution to prevent Biden EPA from crushing trucking industry
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection...
Kennedy announces $57 million to southwest Louisiana in Hurricane Laura recovery
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $56,784,219 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid grant for...