WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the Greenlighting Growth Act, legislation that removes unintended regulatory hurdles that keep small...
Kennedy secures veterans’ Second Amendment rights in deal to reopen government, renews call to stop paying Congress during shutdowns
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) announced that the agreement to reopen the federal government includes his measure protecting veterans’ Second Amendment rights. The deal involves three...
Kennedy releases FDIC report outlining steps to confront workplace misconduct and restore accountability
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today released a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) report outlining long-overdue plans to...
Kennedy, Kelly introduce bill to improve Department of Veterans Affairs phone service system
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Stuck on Hold Act, a bill to require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to inform callers of their...
Kennedy, Cassidy to grocery chains: Gulf shrimp is safer than foreign imports
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) sent a letter to the United States’ largest grocery stores advocating for the sale of shrimp from the Gulf of America rather than...
Kennedy backs Hagerty bill to stop foreign billionaires from meddling in U.S. elections
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and six colleagues in introducing the Preventing Foreign Interference in...
Paul, Democrats block Kennedy effort to pay federal workers during shutdown, not Members of Congress
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today attempted to pass three bills via unanimous consent that would have blocked pay to Members of Congress and restored...
Kennedy introduces bill to protect Americans from ideologically motivated violence
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Ideologically Motivated Violence Accountability Act, a bill allowing courts to consider whether a...
Kennedy urges Senate to withhold members’ pay during the shutdown: “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) delivered the following remarks on the U.S. Senate floor:“Tomorrow, I will be bringing two bills before the Senate. They both...
Kennedy supports Ernst, Markey resolution recognizing National Veterans Small Business Week
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined a bipartisan U.S. Senate resolution led by Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small...