WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and other Judiciary Committee senators in asking Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel...
Kennedy announces $5.7 million for Hurricane Laura recovery in Westlake
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $5,748,068 in grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for...
Kennedy statement on Senate vote against Nord Stream 2 sanctions
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today released the statement below after the Senate failed to pass legislation imposing sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline. This pipeline...
Kennedy, Smith introduce bill to help small businesses access capital, create jobs in rural America
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today introduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act to examine problems small businesses in rural areas...
Kennedy to Powell: How much debt is too much?
Watch Kennedy’s questioning here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during a Senate Banking Committee hearing about the rising U.S....
Kennedy, Rubio introduce bill to hold China accountable for obstructing COVID investigation
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to introduce the Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination (COVID) Act of 2022 to hold China...
Kennedy: If you get 51 percent of the vote, you do not get your way 100 percent of the time
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today spoke on the Senate floor warning that Democrats’ attempt to change the Senate rules would ignore America’s...
Kennedy, Duckworth introduce bill to stop bear poaching
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) today introduced the Bear Poaching Elimination Act, which would help protect bears from poaching by ending the trade of...
Kennedy again condemns mob violence on anniversary of Jan. 6
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) released the following statement on the anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021:“Without order, there can be no justice. The violence at the U.S. Capitol one year ago...
Kennedy places friendly wager with Marshall on LSU-Kansas State game
Watch Kennedy and Marshall’s exchange here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) made a friendly wager with Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) before tonight’s Texas Bowl matchup between the...