WASHINGTON – The Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) today unanimously passed Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.), chairman of HSGAC,...
Kennedy introduces bill countering antisemitism in Palestinian classrooms
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act to address reports indicating that Palestinian students are being taught inaccurate or...
Kennedy, Hyde-Smith introduce bill to block government from using aborted babies’ tissue for research
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in introducing the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research...
Kennedy authors bill to defund pro-Hamas UN group and divert funds to build border wall
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today authored a bill to ban U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)...
Kennedy in The Wall Street Journal: No new nominees until Biden admin ends harmful LNG policy
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), the ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, penned this op-ed in The Wall Street Journal to explain why the Biden...
Kennedy, Cassidy urge Pres. Biden to reverse plan to pause LNG permits
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Ranking member of the Senate Energy and Water Subcommittee on Appropriations, Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and colleagues urged the Biden administration...
Kennedy announces $9.2 million in Hurricane Laura aid, emergency protective measures for Calcasieu Parish
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $9,172,282 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana emergency...
I’ll fight back against Biden’s LNG pause
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 29, 2024.The Biden administration has announced a pause on every new and pending permit for...
Kennedy, Peters co-lead bipartisan legislation to make FEMA emergency response more efficient
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Helping...
Kennedy announces $14.1 million in Hurricane Ida aid, protective measures for south Louisiana
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $14,089,774 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana...