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News and press releases from Louisiana United States Senators and Louisiana United States House of Representative District 3.

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Kennedy champions bill to make hospital prices clear to patients

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today reintroduced the Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act to increase penalties for hospitals that hide the true costs of their items and services from patients.

Senate passes Kennedy resolution to repeal Biden admin rule targeting offshore oil and gas production

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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today led the Senate in passing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to reverse the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) rule that targeted oil and gas production in the outer continental shelf.

Higgins, Magaziner Introduces Legislation to Combat Fentanyl Trafficking

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI) introduced the Contraband Awareness Technology Catches Harmful (CATCH) Fentanyl Act, which would enable the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to better combat fentanyl trafficking at border ports of entry. READ MORE ...

Higgins Announces Iraq to Purchase 80,000 Tons of American Rice

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that Iraq is purchasing an additional 88,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. long-grain milled rice ... READ MORE ...

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 ...

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.
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