WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today wrote to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Michael Carvajal demanding answers about staffing...
Kennedy introduces bill to help small business owners buy, sell, merge Main Street firms
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales and Brokerage Simplification Act to help small business owners access the services...
Kennedy, Grassley call on Durbin to hold hearing on national crime wave
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and nine other Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee in writing to Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)...
Kennedy, Risch, Hickenlooper introduce bill to simplify loan applications for small businesses
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) in introducing the Streamlining EIDL Act to improve the Economic Injury Disaster...
Kennedy introduces bill to study impact of virus that impacts infants and elderly
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Impact Act to study the impact of RSV, which can be serious for infants and older...
Senate passes Kennedy, Braun challenge to Biden vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON – The Senate today passed a bipartisan resolution to nullify President Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employees with support from Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Mike Braun...
Senate blocks Kennedy bill to protect Medicare from spending cuts without helping Democrats increase U.S. debt
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced and asked the Senate to pass the Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act, which would protect...
Kennedy announces $78.7 million in disaster relief for Louisiana
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $78,692,355 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana to...
Kennedy, Judiciary Republicans to Garland: Are parents domestic terrorists or not?
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and every Republican member of the committee urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to withdraw his memo...
Nuclear energy is key to America’s economic and geopolitical future
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in Roll Call on Dec. 3, 2021. Louisianians are facing rising energy prices at the same time as falling temperatures this winter....