MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $35,432,883 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...
Winter storm doesn’t stop Biden’s war on Louisiana oil and gas jobs
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Mansfield Enterprise on March 10, 2021. The historic winter storm that hit our nation this February...
Kennedy: You’re not free if you can’t say what you think
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal...
Kennedy, Scott, colleagues introduce legislation to protect faith-based foster care providers
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and fellow senators in introducing the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, which protects child welfare providers from...
Kennedy, Klobuchar introduce bill protecting newspapers from Big Tech
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to allow news publishers, including the struggling newspaper...
Kennedy, Thune, colleagues reintroduce bicameral legislation to permanently repeal the death tax
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) and fellow lawmakers today reintroduced the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2021 to permanently repeal the federal estate tax, commonly...
Kennedy announces $3.8 million for Denham Springs and Iberia Parish elevation projects
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,826,928 from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management...
Senate Democrats block Kennedy amendment to exclude felony rioters from SBA assistance
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted today on Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) amendment to ensure that Small Business Administration (SBA) assistance cannot go to individuals found guilty of felony rioting...
Senate unanimously passes Kennedy’s CONFUCIUS Act to protect free speech at U.S. colleges
WASHINGTON – Today the Senate unanimously passed the Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States (CONFUCIUS) Act. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.)...
Kennedy, Rubio introduce bill banning dangerous Chinese companies from exploiting U.S. capital markets
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the American Financial Markets Integrity and Security Act to ban malign Chinese companies—including the...