WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped secure key provisions of the funding bill that Congress is expected to vote on soon.“Louisianians...
Senate includes Kennedy, Carper legislation to stop improper payments to dead people, save taxpayer dollars in funding package
WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate will vote to pass the major provisions of Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Tom Carper’s (D-Del.) Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased...
President issues executive order based on Kennedy’s effort to reunite Americans with $26 billion in unclaimed savings bonds
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has issued an executive order based on Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) legislation requiring the Treasury Secretary to provide states with information to help...
Kennedy supports relief for Louisiana venues in COVID package
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today issued the following statement in response to urgent relief for entertainment venues included in the bipartisan, bicameral COVID relief package....
Kennedy, senators announce historic bipartisan agreement on American Innovation and Manufacturing Act
WASHINGTON – Today Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in announcing a historic...
Kennedy secures funding for new Lake Charles courthouse
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, secured language to require the General Services...
ICYMI: Despite 2020’s challenges, we can be confidently thankful this Christmas
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) published this op-ed in the Baptist Message on December 18, 2020. Below are key excerpts from the article, which focuses on the challenges...
President signs Kennedy’s bill to protect Americans from fraudulent foreign companies into law
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump today signed into law Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) bill to protect American investors and their savings from foreign companies that operate on U.S. stock...
Despite 2020’s challenges, we can be confidently thankful this Christmas
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Baptist Message on Dec. 18, 2020.This year not been easy for Louisiana.No one could have foreseen when 2020 began that, in...
Kennedy’s Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act passes Senate unanimously
WASHINGTON – The Senate today unanimously passed John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act to improve college students’ access to available mental health...