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John Neely Kennedy is a Republican U.S. senator from Louisiana, first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2022. His official Senate biography records five terms as Louisiana state treasurer before his election to the Senate.
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John Neely Kennedy is a Republican U.S. senator from Louisiana, first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2022. His official Senate biography records five terms as Louisiana state treasurer before his election to the Senate.
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Open leadership record ↓John Neely Kennedy is a Republican U.S. senator from Louisiana, first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2022. His official Senate biography records five terms as Louisiana state treasurer before his election to the Senate.
Kennedy serves on the Senate Appropriations, Banking, Budget, and Judiciary Committees. His Senate office lists him as chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, giving him a current institutional role in federal funding decisions involving the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers and related programs.
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