WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) today introduced the Stop Gun Criminals Act to reduce gun violence by establishing a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for...
Kennedy: Biden administration stoked inflation, wasted COVID funds on baseball stadiums and horse racing
Watch Kennedy’s comments here. WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) released the following statement on the historic rate of inflation and record gas prices affecting...
Kennedy announces $14.8 million for coastal restoration projects in Terrebonne, Plaquemines Parishes
WASHINGTON—Sen. John Kennedy today announced $14.8 million in grants from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for coastal restoration projects in Louisiana. The National Fish and Wildlife...
Kennedy announces over $40 million in storm recovery
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $40,698,890 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants in disaster aid for...
Kennedy pledges to vote against taxpayer funding of abortion
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) and 45 other senators in sending a letter to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)...
Kennedy announces $16 million in Ida disaster relief
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $16,225,731 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants in disaster aid for...
It’s Time to Strike Back against Foreign Cybercriminals
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in National Review on May 31, 2022.In 2015, Russian cybercriminals posed as ISIS members and targeted a military wife with a...
ICYMI: It’s Time to Strike Back against Foreign Cybercriminals
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed for National Review. Below are key excerpts from the piece explaining why Congress should pass the Homeland and Cyber Threat (HACT) Act...
Kennedy helps mark transfer of hurricane, storm barrier to state of Louisiana after reducing debt by $1.3 billion
NEW ORLEANS – Sen. John Kennedy today gathered with local, state and federal officials on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier in New Orleans to recognize the completion of the Hurricane...
Kennedy: “Many of my people are struggling” under inflation, record high gas prices
Watch Kennedy’s remarks here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today spoke on the Senate floor about the burden Louisiana families and workers are suffering as a result of record-high...