Federal Level

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today penned this op-ed in The Advocate explaining why Louisianians will continue to stand with Israel until it successfully defeats Hamas.

The House of Representatives today passed Senator John Kennedy’s (R-La.) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to stop the Biden administration’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from enforcing its Dodd Frank Section 1071 small business data collection rule.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Angus King (I-ME) introduced the Combating Cross-border Financial Crime Act of 2023.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced Louisiana will receive $4,400,000.00 from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) through his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for public and transportation infrastructure and flood control needs.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tim Scott (R-SC), and twenty-three Republican colleagues called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to conduct needed oversight over the administration’s lack of a cohesive Iran strategy given the recent decision to extend an Iran sanctions waiver. 

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), a Senate Appropriations Committee member,  joined Representative Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and a bicameral group of colleagues in urging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to prevent the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing its rule to require more than two-thirds of all vehicles sold in the U.S. to be fully electric in fewer than nine years.

United States Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Lousiana State Senator Caleb Kleinpeter (R-Port Allen), and Louisiana State Representative Blake Miguez (R-Erath) penned a joint editorial for the USA Today Network on their efforts to hold global polluters accountable.

Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in introducing the Traveler Privacy Protection Act of 2023 to safeguard Americans from facial recognition screenings that the federal government is implementing at airports across the country.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH), members of the Senate Finance Committee, are urging the Social Security Administration to reduce overpayments and prevent undue harm to the most vulnerable Social Security recipients when recovering overpayments.

United States Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and 66 Republican colleagues filed a bicameral amicus brief to uphold the rights of all Americans to keep and bear arms, especially veterans and disabled individuals who need assistance to exercise their rights.