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Kennedy calls on Labor Secretary to condemn FDIC worker abuses, calls for Gruenberg resignation

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations and Banking Committees, today questioned acting Labor Secretary Julie Su about an independent report that found that “the FDIC has failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct.”

Kennedy, Lee introduce bill to ensure states require proof of citizenship when registering voters, remove non-citizens from voter rolls

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) and colleagues in introducing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Kennedy calls on Congress to protect women’s sports from transgender activists: “It’s fundamentally unfair”

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today warned his colleagues that transgender activists are threatening the future of women’s sports in the United States.

Higgins Announces Youngsville Student as Winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Cole Ritter, an eleventh grader at Southside High School in Youngsville is the winner of the 2024 Congressional Art Competition for Louisiana’s 3rd District.

Landry Holds Signing on Insurance Bills

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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry Holds Signing on Insurance Bills

Cassidy Announces $2.2 Million for Coushatta Tribe for High-Speed Internet Access

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United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $2.2 million grant to the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana located in Elton.

Higgins’ Bill, Comment Integrity and Management Act, Passes House

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that his bill H.R. 7528, the Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024, passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

Cassidy Releases Statement on Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Annual Report

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United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) issued the following statement after the release of the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds annual report examining how much longer these programs can pay full benefits promised to taxpayers without significant benefit cuts.

Cassidy Calls Out Bidin Admin for Playing Fast, Loose with the Law on Offshore Energy Leasing

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United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today held the Biden administration’s feet to the fire for their failure to adequately demonstrate they will comply with the law and hold oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. 

Kennedy, Judiciary Republicans call for hearing on violation of Jewish students’ rights, rise in support for terrorist orgs

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Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and all other Republican members of the committee in urging Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to hold a hearing regarding civil rights violations of Jewish students and the growing support for terrorist ideology on college campuses.
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