WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) in introducing the Discount Window Preparedness Act, a bipartisan bill to...
Kennedy introduces bill to protect consumers from unfair medical debt reporting
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Protecting Americans from Treatment-related Credit Harm (PATCH) Act, a bill that would prevent credit reporting agencies from including...
Kennedy on California Medicaid fraud: “It’s got to stop now”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) explained how bad policies in states such as California and Minnesota have contributed to pervasive Medicaid fraud in a speech on...
Kennedy announces $1.9 million in aid for Hurricanes Laura, Ida and Francine
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced Louisiana will receive $1,869,915 million in federal funding from the Federal Emergency...
Senate passes Kennedy resolution to halt senators’ pay during government shutdowns
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate today passed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) resolution to withhold pay from senators during government shutdowns. Kennedy’s resolution, which passed by voice vote,...
President Trump signs Kennedy, Daines, colleagues’ bill to protect Louisiana hydropower plants
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed into law a bipartisan bill from Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to increase hydropower production in...
Kennedy urges Congress to pass the Build Now Act: “If we had more housing, the price would go down”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged Congress to pass his Build Now Act, a bill that would address the soaring cost of housing, in a speech on the U.S. Senate...
Kennedy on the cost of living: “It is as painful as hell”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) addressed the high cost of living in the United States and explained what Congress is doing to mitigate it in a speech on the...
Kennedy announces $18.9 million in Hurricanes Ida, Francine aid for Lafourche, Jefferson and Terrebonne Parishes, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $18,928,243 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster...
Kennedy resolution to withhold senators’ pay during government shutdowns clears key procedural hurdle
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) resolution to require the U.S. Senate to withhold the pay of all senators during government shutdowns cleared a key procedural...