MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gov. Jeff Landry penned this op-ed in The Shreveport Times to explain how soft-on-crime policies have harmed Louisiana residents. Kennedy and...
Kennedy announces $8.3 million in Hurricane Laura aid for Jefferson Davis Electric
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $8,352,876 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana...
Kennedy introduces CRAWDAD Act to support Louisiana jobs, culture
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today introduced the Crawfish Recovery Assistance from Weather Disasters and Droughts (CRAWDAD) Act. The bill...
Kennedy, Hyde-Smith file amicus brief challenging FDA’s dangerous abortion pill policy
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) in filing an amicus brief with the...
Kennedy speaks out against radical transgender activism: “We know this agenda is dangerous.”
Watch Kennedy's comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) spoke on the Senate floor against the radical medicalization of children who experience gender confusion. Kennedy explained...
Kennedy questions Bureau of Prisons on early release of criminals: “You don’t have the slightest idea how many of them committed another crime and came back?”
View Kennedy’s full exchanges here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Colette Peters, the director of the Bureau of Prisons,...
Democrat cuts Kennedy off while he highlights horror of abortion: “Do you support abortion up to the moment of birth?”
View Kennedy’s full exchanges here. WASHINGTON – A Democrat today cut off Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, in a hearing as he defended life and...
Kennedy, Risch file bicameral amicus brief with SCOTUS in support of Idaho’s pro-life law
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho) and more than 100 other lawmakers in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Moyle...
Kennedy, Judiciary Republicans demand Mayorkas explain parole status of Riley murder suspect
WASHINGTON– Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined all other Republican members of the Judiciary Committee in demanding answers from Department of...
Kennedy introduces bill to empower immigration judges with contempt authority
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Empowering Immigration Courts Act to give immigration judges a tool to stop litigants from...