Federal Level

The House of Representatives today passed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.) 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement (SALE) Act.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant Louisiana a total of $2,232,000.00 from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for road safety infrastructure projects.

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant Louisiana a total of $2,000,000.00 from his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for railroad infrastructure. 

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in urging committee chairman Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to hold hearings that address the nation’s economic challenges after two credit agencies, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, reported a negative outlook on U.S. creditworthiness.

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today introduced a bill to support Louisiana communities that have been negatively impacted by unfair trade with countries like China.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) in urging committee chairman Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to hold hearings that address the nation’s economic challenges after two credit agencies, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, reported a negative outlook on U.S. creditworthiness.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Representative Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J) in demanding that the Biden administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrawal its proposed rule targeting pregnancy centers.  

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 37 other Republican senators in writing the Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, Jeff Hild, and Director of the Office for Refugee Resettlement, Robin Dunn Marcos, to demand changes to a proposed rule that would replace certain regulations regarding the care and placement of unaccompanied minors who are in federal custody.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), during a speech on the Senate floor, urged the Biden administration to continue to support Israel until it succeeds in destroying Hamas.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), along with Representatives John James (R-Mich.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), in calling on Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to consider "fleet leveling" to preserve fighter squadrons across the Air National Guard (ANG) and the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).