Federal Level

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $15,237,579 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for Louisiana disaster aid.

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) has been appointed to serve on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) in urging the Biden administration’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) to withdraw its Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model because it prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals over medical necessity in the organ transplant process.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation will grant Louisiana $10,141,098.00 from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in RAISE grants.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden objecting to his plan to grant amnesty to droves of illegal aliens.

Senators John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced $8,040,658 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Joe Manchin (I-WV), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), U.S. Representative Garret Graves (R-LA-06), and 10 Senate colleagues introduced a bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to overturn the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Phase II Final Rule.  

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and 11 colleagues introduced the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act to protect and empower victims of non-consensual intimate image abuse—also known as “revenge pornography.”

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule that restricts the production of chemicals that are essential to America’s economy and national security. 

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and colleagues in demanding that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas brief senators on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) arrest of eight illegal aliens from Tajikistan who have suspected ties to ISIS.