Federal Level

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and thirty-four other Republican colleagues in calling on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan to conduct a fair and unbiased review of recently announced oil and gas mergers.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and colleagues in introducing the bipartisan North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) to reauthorize $65 million in funding to protect America’s wetlands.

United States Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that Louisiana’s 3rd District will receive an additional $4,300,000 in Community Project Funding through House Resolution 1102, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced he secured $1,268,523,000.00 for Louisiana in the annual appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024—the most of any member in the Louisiana Congressional Delegation.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the confirmation of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) today pressed U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on President Biden’s lack of a plan to address the looming insolvency of both Social Security and Medicare during a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and colleagues in hosting a press conference on the Laken Riley Act, which Kennedy helped introduce in the Senate.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and 22 colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen questioning the Biden administration over its proposed $110 billion tax hike on traditional American energy producers.

Submitted by United States Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana WASHINGTON (Mar. 21, 2024) – The Senate passed Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) and Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.)...

Many Louisiana citizens have asked about the status of legislation to address the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).