Federal Level

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $2,619,792 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana National Guard emergency protective measures and the restoration of a damaged building in Lafourche Parish.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to reverse the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule targeting the use of trichloroethylene (TCE).

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in introducing the Simplifying Subcontracting Act to require the federal government to write subcontracting applications in plain, understandable language.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued that the federal government should not continue to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CBP), including the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), on the Senate floor.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, today introduced the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act to help remove the hurdles that rural small businesses face when they try to access capital.

Last week, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) was awarded the Fraternal Order of Police National President's Advocacy Award for his instrumental role in passing the Social Security Fairness Act, which fully repeals two unfair Social Security provisions known as the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).  READ MORE ...

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), and 26 Republican colleagues introduced legislation to prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ...

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to the Social Security Administration’s Acting Commissioner urging efforts to expedite implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law on January 5, 2025. READ MORE ...

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Trump, requesting tariffs and increased trade enforcement for seafood imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. READ MORE ...

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) introduced the Forest Data Modernization Act, which would modernize and improve the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Inventory and Analysis program to ensure reliable data is available to inform decision making. READ MORE ...