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Kennedy in The Ouachita Citizen: To raise real wages, President Biden’s New Year’s Resolution should be to rein in federal spending

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in The Ouachita Citizen explaining how Washington’s out-of-control spending helped fuel inflation that far outpaced real wage growth during the past two-and-a-half years.

Cassidy: Louisiana Secures Class VI Primacy

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United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Louisiana securing Class VI primacy—the authority to permit, site, and provide oversight of carbon storage wells in the state.  

Kennedy welcomes USDA purchase of $36 million of shrimp to feed Louisiana families

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) welcomed the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to purchase $36 million of shrimp to help alleviate food insecurity.

Cassidy, Scott, Wicker, Rubio Urge NOAA to Implement the FREDI Act, Increase Transparency for Disaster Relief

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United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) urged the implementation of the Fishery Resource Disasters Improvement Act (FREDI) in a letter to Janet Coit, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Kennedy Statement on Colorado Supreme Court Ruling

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) released the following statement upon the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to exclude former president Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot.

Cassidy-Backed Legislation Authorizing Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Signed Into Law

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United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Boozman (R-AR) announced their bipartisan legislation to authorize a permanent electronic duck stamp for the entirety of a waterfowl hunting season was signed into law by President Joe Biden Tuesday.

Biden vetoes Kennedy resolution to reverse CFPB rule requiring banks to collect race, ethnicity, sex data

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President Joe Biden has vetoed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval, which would have prohibited the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from enforcing its Dodd Frank Section 1071 small business data collection rule.

Cassidy Issues Statement After Successful Oil, Gas Lease Sale 261

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United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued a statement following a successful Lease Sale 261.

President signs into law Kennedy bill to require FCC to expand 5G access to rural Americans by releasing previously auctioned spectrum

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President Joe Biden signed Senator John Kennedy’s (R-La.) 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement (SALE) Act into law.

Higgins Announces Grant Funding for Lafayette Airport

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $1,709,291 to Lafayette Regional Airport for future development.
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