WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, which will save hard-earned taxpayer money by curbing erroneous payments to...
Kennedy introduces bill to address welfare waste by providing better poverty data to Congress
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) recently introduced the Poverty Statistics Enhancement Act, a bill that would instruct the United States Census Bureau to include an additional poverty metric...
Kennedy, Grassley, colleagues introduce bill to expose third-party funding behind lawsuits
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Litigation Funding...
Kennedy, Budd, colleagues introduce bill to update outdated bank examination requirement, help community banks thrive
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today joined Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) in introducing the Tailored...
Census Numbers Paint a Misleading Picture of Poverty in America
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared in National Review on February 11, 2026. Over the past 50 years, the federal government’s welfare spending has increased by 765 percent,...
Kennedy, Louisiana colleagues urge Trump administration to approve major disaster declaration request in wake of winter storm
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined all other members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation in supporting Louisiana Gov. Jeff...
Kennedy, Wicker, colleagues introduce bill to renew Gulf state partnerships, protect Louisiana wildlife
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and ten bipartisan colleagues in introducing the Regional Ocean Partnerships Reauthorization Act, which would renew key...
Kennedy in Fox Opinion: Democrats’ defund-the-police plan failed, but here they go again
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed for Fox News arguing that the calls to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could backfire as quickly as the defund-the-police...
Democrats’ defund-the-police plan failed, but here they go again
This op-ed by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) first appeared on Fox News on February 6, 2026.As I’ve watched the protests in Minneapolis, it seems obvious to me that America is at risk of falling...
Kennedy urges PM Starmer to scrap plan that threatens U.S-U.K. base on Diego Garcia: “This is just a terrible idea”
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to halt his plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including the island...