MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and others on the committee in...
Kennedy announces $16.2 million to Lake Charles, Jefferson and St. Tammany Parishes for Hurricanes Ida, Laura
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $16,225,957 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for...
Washington’s soft-on-crime policies are hurting Louisiana
This op-ed first appeared in the Ouachita Citizen on June 29, 2023. Crime is a serious problem in America. Why? Bad ideas are poisoning public policy and eroding public...
Kennedy announces $1.1 million to Lake Charles Memorial Hospital for Hurricane Laura
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $1,126,558 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for...
ICYMI: Kennedy in Ouachita Citizen: Washington’s soft-on-crime policies are hurting Louisiana
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in the Ouachita Citizen explaining how Washington’s soft-on-crime policies and rhetoric have harmed...
Kennedy announces $3.7 million to south Louisiana for Hurricane Ida
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,674,290 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for...
Senate Democrats block Kennedy resolution to stop Biden admin from turning lawful gunowners into felons with pistol brace rule
Watch Kennedy’s floor speech here.WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats today blocked Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to...
Kennedy, Menendez, Cassidy introduce bipartisan legislation to reauthorize NFIP, bring down policy rates
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in introducing the National Flood Insurance...
Kennedy introduces bill to increase transparency in Medicare spending
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the Accountability for Long Term Medicare Solvency Act to increase transparency within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to...
Kennedy, Hagerty introduce bill to prevent Biden admin from walking back Iran sanctions without congressional review
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and other Republican senators in introducing the Iran Sanctions Relief Review Act (ISSRA). The legislation would...