Posts filed under John Kennedy
Kennedy pushes for Louisiana disaster aid, opposes government spending bill
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) announced his opposition to the government funding bill, which totals $1.5 trillion but provides no disaster relief to Louisiana. Kennedy introduced an amendment to provide $2.5 billion in disaster aid to Louisiana, but the Senate blocked the amendment.
“In 2020, Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana. Then Hurricane Marco hit us. Then Hurricane Delta hit us. Then Hurricane Zeta. Then Hurricane Ida, all in a period of two years. Those storms caused $150 billion in damage. My amendment, and Sen. Cassidy’s amendment, would appropriate $2.5 billion in disaster aid to Louisiana. That would include $600 million for housing aid for Hurricanes Laura and Delta, $1.4 billion in housing aid for Hurricane Ida. The amendment would also provide for $500 million in funding to rebuild Louisiana ports.
“I’m mindful of the fact, Madame President, that we should make sure this aid is paid for. I would remind everyone that, through the heroic efforts of Sen. Schatz and Sen. Cantwell, in which I played a small part, that we forced our FCC not to give away the C-Band to our telecommunications industry, and instead auctioned it out, in which case it brought in $81 billion. And I think we can spare a little bit of that for people who lost their homes and businesses through no fault of their own,” said Kennedy.
The funding bill’s misguided provisions and spending include, but are not limited to:
$286 million for Planned Parenthood and up to $200 million to promote abortions abroad.
$3.2 billion in subsidies for green energy and $78.3 million for green initiatives at the Department of Agriculture.
$172 million for disaster relief for other countries.
$9.5 million to support “diversity, equity and inclusion” at the United States Agency for International Development and $4 million to establish an Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the State Department.
$220 million for the Kennedy Center and the National Gallery of Art.
$45 million for great apes living in central Africa and Indonesia.
No provisions to halt implementation of Risk Rating 2.0, a Federal Emergency Management Agency plan that raises flood insurance premiums on Louisianians.
The White House has failed to send Congress a formal request for Louisiana disaster aid, without which Senate Democrats are not expected to approve additional disaster funding.
In response, Kennedy introduced an amendment to this FY2022 funding bill that would deliver $2.5 billion in disaster aid to Louisiana.
Kennedy also fought for nearly $600 million in disaster relief to be included in the short-term funding bill that became law after passing the Senate on Sept. 30, 2021. This law provided $595 million to Louisiana.
Video of Kennedy’s comments is available here.
KENNEDY: Janet Yellen Just Gave Putin $18 BILLION Dollars
Senator John Kennedy, (R) Louisiana, is not pleased at all about Sec. Janet Yellen giving $18 BILLION to Putin
Sen. John Kennedy shreds Trudeau's 'underwhelming' leadership
Kennedy: Biden's inflation waterboarding Louisianians
KENNEDY TO BIDEN: 'YOU HAVE TO TRY HARDER NOT TO SUCK'
John Kennedy Presses Saule Omarova During Hearing
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questions Saule Omarova, nominee for Comptroller of the Currency
'I Wish I Didn't Have To Give This Talk...': John Kennedy Unleashes On Biden On Senate Floor
Sen. John Kennedy Scolds Judicial Nominee for U.S. 9th Circuit
Watch Sen. John Kennedy Tear Into a Judicial Nominee for the 9th Circuit
KENNEDY: If you look up stupid stuff in the dictionary, there’s a picture of this bill
Senator Kennedy tears apart the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill on 'The Ingraham Angle'
John Kennedy: VP Harris’ Negotiating Billions with Guatemalan President is Like ‘Giving Whiskey and Car Keys to a Teenager’
The Louisiana senator discusses Kamala Harris’ visit to Guatemala and Joe Manchin’s opposition to Democratic voting bill
Sen. John Kennedy Announces 2022 Re-Election Campaign
Sen. John Kennedy Slams the "Endless Frontiers Act"
Senator John N. Kennedy, R-La., slammed the Endless Frontiers Act as a bloated, somewhat misrepresented piece of legislation its proponents say will help the U.S. be more competitive with China in the manufacturing and technology spaces.
Sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., the bill would establish a directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) for "technology and innovation", among other directives – but Kennedy warned "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that it is a $130-billion-and-counting boondoggle.
Of its 13 co-sponsors, about half are Republicans, including Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and Steve Daines of Montana.
GOP Sen. Kennedy: Biden Louisiana Trip to Say ‘I’m the Candy Man and I’ve Got More Free Stuff for You’
“I don’t have a lot of details,” Kennedy said of the visit. “It’s always an honor when a president visits your state. I’m sure the president’s coming in to say I’m the candy man, and I’ve got more free stuff for you. The problem is that there’s nothing free. Anything free somebody had to work for. The president’s plan is not an infrastructure plan. Only 5 percent of it goes to infrastructure. It’s really a Green New Deal and welfare plan, and it’s a mess. It looks like somebody — somebody knocked over a urine sample. Now, we can fix it if we stick to, A, infrastructure, and B, we have serious discussions about how to pay for it. I can tell you how we can pay for it.”
Read more: GOP Sen. Kennedy: Biden Louisiana Trip to Say ‘I’m the Candy Man and I’ve Got More Free Stuff for You’
Kennedy On Biden Border Policy: 'Bone-Deep Down to the Marrow Stupid
Sen. Kennedy Calls Biden Policy ‘Bone-Deep Down to the Marrow Stupid’ in GOP Press Conference at Border
Senator John Kennedy PSA
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy addresses constituents about the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. As vaccines become increasingly available across the country, communities are working hard to ensure that everyone has accurate information about the vaccines so that anyone who wants to be vaccinated has the opportunity to do so.
Read more: Senator John Kennedy PSA
Louisiana Has a "Stay At Home" Order, But Baby-Killing is Considered "Essential" I Guess
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy has called for abortion clinics in the state to be closed during this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Doctors and nurses are in the trenches fighting the coronavirus, and we’re in a zero-sum reality when it comes to life-saving medical supplies,” he said.
“Abortions are elective, deadly and wrong—especially when they siphon masks, gloves and cleaning supplies away from the front lines of a pandemic,” Kennedy added. “I urge elected officials everywhere to recognize that abortions are in no way an essential service.”
Read more: Louisiana senator calls for abortion clinics to close amid coronavirus crisis
LAGOP - United States Senator John Kennedy Message for Louisiana Voters
An important message for Louisiana voters from United States Senator John Neely Kennedy. ☑️You DO NOT need a special reason to vote early. Early voting is available for EVERY registered voter in Louisiana! ☑️Early voting is Saturday, Sept. 28 through Saturday, Oct. 5 from 8:30 am to 6 pm.
KENNEDY: Someone needs to tell AOC the voices in her head aren’t real
Our own Senator from Louisiana, John Kennedy, had the following to say recently regarding the buffoon and clown from New York, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her claims regarding illegal immigrants:
“Let me be frank. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez...someone needs to tell her that the voices in her head are not real. She says that the men and women of our border patrol and our authorities are intentionally running concentration camps on the southern border. She needs to go to the Holocaust Museum and see what a concentration camp is. The problem we’re having at the border, a problem that Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has helped create is that we have 5,000 people a day, not a week, not a month, a day coming into this country. And we don’t have a place to put them. The Department of Homeland Security is out of money and the congresswoman knows that. She says the conditions are inhumane. But yet, when we send a bill over to her to vote to improve those conditions, she voted no. Her hypocrisy is breathtaking. This is the bottom line. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez believes that illegal immigration is a moral good. And she believes that the border is just a nuisance and it should be open; and, I don’t think that’s what America believes.”
Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana
Read more: Sen. John Kennedy calls out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Her hypocrisy is breathtaking”
Kennedy and Landry Team Up to Elect Conservative Republicans
Photo source: The Advocate
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Kennedy is adding his prodigious fundraising talents to a political organization aimed at electing more conservative Republicans to the Louisiana Legislature, joining Attorney General Jeff Landry in the effort.
With both Kennedy and Landry in leadership roles, the Louisiana Committee for a Conservative Majority has unified the state’s top two GOP standard-bearers in its work to shift the Legislature rightward, particularly as term limits will keep many of the longer serving Republican moderates in the state Senate from running for re-election this fall.
Read more: Kennedy and Landry team up to elect conservative Republicans
