WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in introducing the Simplifying Subcontracting Act to require the federal government to write subcontracting applications...
Kennedy introduces resolution to repeal Biden admin’s EPA rule targeting chemical manufacturing
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to reverse the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule targeting...
Kennedy introduces bipartisan bill to help rural small businesses secure capital, create jobs
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act to help remove the hurdles that rural...
Kennedy: Congress should not be picking winners and losers in the news media by funding PBS, NPR
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued that the federal government should not continue to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize the Corporation for Public...
Kennedy announces $2.6 million in Hurricanes Ida, Francine aid for Louisiana National Guard, Lafourche Parish
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,619,792 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana National Guard...
Kennedy: President Trump is prosecuting wasteful spending
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) celebrated the Trump administration’s effort to expose wasteful spending within the federal government in a speech on the Senate...
Kennedy champions bill to repeal woke CFPB rule forcing banks to collect data on sex, ethnicity from small businesses
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced a bill to repeal the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would implement Section 1071 of the...
Kennedy champions No Propaganda Act to end taxpayer funding of partisan government broadcasting network
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced the Senate companion to the No Propaganda Act to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting...
Kennedy announces $17.9 million for flood mitigation, generators and Hurricanes Ida, Laura aid
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $17,860,797 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for flood mitigation...
Work requirements would improve Medicaid — and the lives of those on the program
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in National Review on February 6, 2025.Medicaid is supposed to be an investment in our country’s health and well-being. So why doesn’t the...