Federal Level

Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, today reintroduced the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act to ensure companies that operate like banks follow the same rules and receive the same Federal Reserve oversight banks do. READ MORE ...

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced the approval of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for over 40 projects in Louisiana’s 3rd District, totaling $326,131,765.68. READ MORE ...

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) urged United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to halt his plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, including the island that is home to the joint U.S.-U.K. military base on Diego Garcia, to Mauritius in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor. READ MORE ...

Senators John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), along with Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas), urged acting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator .... READ MORE by clicking on photos ...

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured approximately $122 million for Louisiana special projects in a package of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 spending bills now on its way to President Donald Trump’s desk. READ MORE by clicking on the photo ...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), for his monthly Local Spotlight, highlighted Lilly Harvey of Jonesville, Louisiana who founded the nonprofit “Millie Mattered” after losing her daughter to a fentanyl overdose. READ MORE ...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive a combined $479,804,731.90 from U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support recovery and emergency preparedness following Hurricanes Ida, Laura, Zeta, Francine, and Isaac, as well as response efforts related to Seawater Intrusion and Severe Storms and Flooding. READ MORE ...

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) voted to keep the government open and announced he secured $1,323,770.00 for Louisiana in the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Defense, Financial Services and General Government, and National Security and Department of State appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026. READ MORE ...

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $3,787,500 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP). READ MORE ...

Senators John Kennedy (R-La.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Banking Committee, today reintroduced the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act to ensure companies that operate like banks follow the same rules and receive the same Federal Reserve oversight banks do. READ MORE ...