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

Newsroom - May 3, 2024 9:36 am

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.

Kennedy, Ernst demand Biden not welcome unvetted Gazans to U.S.

Newsroom - May 3, 2024 9:31 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and thirty-three other colleagues in urging the Biden administration not to bring Gazan refugees to the U.S. and to focus instead on bringing American hostages back home.

Kennedy, Johnson demand Biden reject WHO agreements that weaken U.S. sovereign

Karen Lagrange Cox - May 3, 2024 9:28 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and all other Republican senators in demanding that President Joe Biden withdraw his administration’s support for two international agreements being considered at this month’s World Health Assembly (WHA).

Kennedy introduces bill to stop Biden admin from funding housing for illegal aliens over veterans

Newsroom - May 3, 2024 9:22 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees, today introduced the Heroes Over Aliens Act to prohibit the use of federal dollars to house illegal aliens in the United States when veterans remain homeless.

Kennedy confirms future of LNG center with Buttigieg: “It’s going to be placed in Lake Charles”

Newsroom - May 3, 2024 9:19 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today confirmed with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg that the National Center of Excellence for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Safety will be located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Kennedy backs two resolutions to block Biden admin’s rules forcing Louisianians to buy unaffordable EVs

Newsroom - May 3, 2024 9:14 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senators Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and colleagues in introducing two joint resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act.

State Affairs Highlights Cassidy’s Plan to Save Social Security

Newsroom - May 2, 2024 9:15 am

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) authored an op-ed in State Affairs discussing his “Big Idea” to save Social Security.

Kennedy in Newsweek: President Biden has jumped the Title IX shark

Newsroom - May 2, 2024 9:10 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in Newsweek arguing that the Biden administration’s new interpretation of Title IX will destroy educational opportunities for women and girls.

Cassidy Leads Colleagues in Urging Commerce, Interior to Back Away from Regulations on Rice’s Whale, Actions to Shutdown Offshore Energy Development

Newsroom - May 2, 2024 9:02 am

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL), John Kennedy (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ted Cruz (R-TX), a...

Kennedy on antisemitic campus protests: “President Biden could stop this stuff on a dime”

Newsroom - May 2, 2024 8:56 am

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and colleagues in calling on officials to end the antisemitic protests and violence that continue to infect on college campuses.

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