WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in introducing the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) to help law-abiding gun owners better access suppressors to...
Kennedy on pro-criminal DC crime bill: “The first purpose of government is to protect people and their property”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today denounced the passage of the D.C. Council’s soft-on-crime revision of the city’s criminal code. Despite rising crime rates and decreasing law...
Kennedy announces $6 million to Louisiana, New Orleans in Hurricanes Ida, Zeta recovery
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $6,068,430 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid grants for...
Kennedy backs bill to return more offshore energy revenue to Louisiana, Gulf states
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), along with a bicameral, bipartisan group of lawmakers, introduced the Reinvesting in...
Kennedy, Fischer introduce resolution to prevent Biden EPA from crushing trucking industry
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to prevent the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection...
Kennedy announces $57 million to southwest Louisiana in Hurricane Laura recovery
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $56,784,219 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster aid grant for...
Kennedy, Cramer introduce bill to prevent banks from discriminating against law-abiding businesses
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in introducing the Fair Access to Banking Act to prevent banks from denying...
Kennedy, bipartisan group introduce bill to help small businesses secure capital, create jobs in rural America
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and a bipartisan group of senators today introduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act to help...
Kennedy announces $12 million in disaster aid for East Baton Rouge Parish for Hurricane Ida
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $12,312,207 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster...
Kennedy’s State of the Union response: Biden wants you to believe that Americans can’t afford groceries because economy is so “good”
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) tonight responded to Pres. Biden’s State of the Union address on behalf of the people of Louisiana.“In Washington, you have to watch what people do, not...