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 Louisiana.

“I’m grateful to see that this $57 million will help Louisianians in Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Vernon and Rapides Parishes repair critical infrastructure that Hurricane Laura so severely damaged,” said Kennedy.

The FEMA aid will fund the following: 

• $56,784,219 to the Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. for repairs related to Hurricane Laura.