Federal Level

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Representative Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho), and more than one hundred other lawmakers in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States to support Idaho as it defends its Defense of Life Act.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Empowering Immigration Courts Act to give immigration judges a tool to stop litigants from drawing out proceedings unnecessarily, which further burdens the immigration system and rewards illegal immigration.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced the No Fees for EFTs Act to protect patients and health care providers against fees imposed by electronic fund transfers (EFTs) and payment transactions.

Updates from United States Representative Clay Higgins of the 3rd District in Louisiana.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking and Judiciary Committees, joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and twenty other colleagues in filing an amicus brief in American Securities Association v. SEC, a case in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT).

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will grant Louisiana $69,422,000.00 from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to implement drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the South Louisiana Electrical Cooperative Association (SLECA) will receive $1,908,607.93 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for emergency reconstruction of substation access roadways damaged as a result Hurricane Ida.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $14,389,328 in a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for New Orleans’ Mirabeau Garden Stormwater Project.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $21,779,075 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will grant Louisiana $12,400,000.00 from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for Louisiana’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) for fiscal year 2024 to upgrade drinking water and clean water infrastructure.