CHALMETTE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) spoke with Louisianians from St. Bernard Parish today about representing the state’s interests as a member of the Senate Appropriations, Small Business, Budget, Banking and Judiciary Committees.
“It’s wonderful to be in St. Bernard. It’s wonderful to be out of Washington and back in America,” the senator began.
“I spend a lot of my time on appropriations. I know every penny that comes into Louisiana—every single penny—and I never ask for a penny more than we need, but I never accept a penny less than we deserve,” said Kennedy.
“In the six years, well, five-and-a-half, that I’ve been on the Appropriations Committee, we’ve sent $3.5 billion back to Louisiana for roads and bridges. Now, that doesn’t include money from the so-called infrastructure bill. I voted against the infrastructure bill, and I’ll tell you why: The Wall Street Journal did an exhaustive analysis of the so-called infrastructure bill and found that only 23 percent of the bill was infrastructure. The rest wasn’t,” he continued.
“If you put it in context, each year we give Louisiana that $700 million from the federal government and the state government for our roads and bridges. The infrastructure bill would’ve given us and will give us an extra $110 million—about 15 percent extra for five to seven years. But tucked in the bill was a $135 million-a-year tax increase for our petrochemical industry. I didn’t much care for those numbers.”
In total, President Biden’s infrastructure package increases taxes aimed at Louisiana businesses by $1.3 billion over the next decade.
“Our appropriations committee has sent $3.5 billion the last five-and-a-half years—excluding the infrastructure bill—to Louisiana, and I’m very proud of that,” said Kennedy.
As new inflation statistics reveal a 13.5% rise in prices under the Biden administration, the senator also addressed the climbing costs Louisianians are struggling under, saying, “The inflation we’re having today was made in Washington, D.C., and it is gutting the American people like a fish.”
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