WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today reintroduced the CFPB Pay Fairness Act, which would increase accountability at the Consumer Financial...
Kennedy announces $9.6 million in Hurricane Ida, wildfire aid for Louisiana
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,623,017 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for the Jefferson...
Kennedy, Cornyn, Cruz, colleagues introduce resolution honoring Border Patrol’s 101st anniversary
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 15 colleagues in introducing a resolution...
ICYMI: Kennedy and Rep. Murphy in the Washington Examiner: Congress should not stand by as DEI destroys American medical schools
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) penned this op-ed in the Washington Examiner to explain why Congress should pass the EDUCATE Act to prevent medical...
Kennedy, Louisiana Republicans urge swift consideration of Cameron Parish LNG project
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy...
Congress must not stand by as DEI destroys American medical schools
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) first appeared in the Washington Examiner on May 20, 2025.When patients lie on the operating table, they don’t care...
Kennedy champions bill to block taxpayer funding of medical schools that indoctrinate students with DEI ideology
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today reintroduced the Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE)...
House passes Kennedy resolution to undo cumbersome Biden-era bank merger rule
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) joint resolution of disapproval under Congressional Review Act (CRA) procedures to block an Office of...
Kennedy, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announce National Center of Excellence for LNG Safety in Lake Charles
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy today announced that McNeese State University in Lake...
Why SCOTUS should seize opportunity to eliminate universal injunctions
This op-ed first appeared on Fox News on May 15, 2025.On May 15, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the argument in a series of cases that ask the court to decide whether individual district...