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Higgins Supports President Trump’s Actions to Protect Commerce in Gulf of America

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) issued a statement in support of President Trump and the Department of Interior’s removal of Biden-era constraints on offshore drilling and commercial activity in the Gulf of America. READ MORE ...

Governor Jeff Landry Announces Chair of Louisiana Housing Corporation

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Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced Wendy Gentry will serve as the Chair of the Louisiana Housing Corporation. Wendy was first appointed to the board in April 2024. READ MORE ...

Governor Jeff Landry Introduces Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

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Ahead of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, Governor Jeff Landry addressed his annual budget plan. READ MORE ..

Kennedy champions bill to protect investor privacy by prohibiting vulnerable SEC database

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act.

Cassidy, Cornyn, Colleagues Urge ATF to Rescind Unconstitutional Biden Rules, Align with Trump 2A Agenda

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U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and 28 Republican colleagues urged the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to align their agency with President Trump’s Second Amendment priorities as laid out in his recent Executive Order.  READ MORE ...

Kennedy reintroduces bill to establish Special IG to oversee use of American taxpayer aid to Ukraine

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today reintroduced the Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act to establish a Special Inspector General (IG) for Ukraine.

Kennedy, Peters lead bipartisan bill to make FEMA response more efficient

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Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) today reintroduced the bipartisan Helping Eliminate Limitations for Prompt (HELP) Response and Recovery Act.

Kennedy: It is disgraceful to waste taxpayer dollars on biased public broadcasting

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) highlighted some of the biased reporting from National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and argued that the federal government should not keep subsidizing these programs through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in a speech on the Senate floor.

Higgins Legislation Forces Federal Support for Oil and Gas Leasing

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) reintroduced the Federal Lands and Waters Leasing Transparency Act, which would hold energy regulators accountable ... READ MORE ...

Kennedy champions bill to stop bureaucrats from crushing America’s chemical industry

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced the No Industrial Restrictions In Secret (No IRIS) Act to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using data from the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) to make rules that punish America’s chemical manufacturing industry.
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