Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Safe Prescribing Through Reporting Act of 2025. This legislation aims to provide doctors with crucial health information when prescribing to patients who are taking medications to treat substance abuse disorder (e.g. Methadone). Currently under federal law, substance abuse clinics do not report to PDMPs.
Washington, D.C. – Representative Mike Kennedy (R-UT-03), joins Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Mike Lee (R-UT) in introducing the Bonneville Shoreline Trail Feasibility Study Act, legislation to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate whether the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST) qualifies to become a National Scenic Trail or another designation under the National Trails System.
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Kennedy (UT-03) cosponsored the “Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act” (H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, I voted in favor of passing the budget resolution out of the House once again to allow Congress to get to work implementing the Trump Administration's agenda as quickly as possible. While I am disappointed in the Senate’s version of the bill, it still sets a framework for us to make significant cuts in reconciliation.
WAHSINGTON, D.C. – April 1, 2025 – Today, Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act, aimed at enhancing the nutritional quality of meals served to students under the National School Lunch Program. This legislation seeks to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to prohibit the serving of certain harmful and ultra-processed foods in school cafeterias.
Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025) Today, Congressman Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Ensuring Medicaid Eligibility Act, a piece of legislation aimed at improving Medicaid integrity, safeguarding taxpayer dollars, and restoring state control over Medicaid eligibility checks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2025) , the U.S. House of Representatives passed Representative Mike Kennedy, Representative Nick Begich’s (AK-R), and Representative George Whitesides' (CA-27) bipartisan legislation, the DOE and NASA Interagency Research Coordination Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2025)— The United States House of Representatives passed the United States Research Protection Act today, led by Representative Mike Kennedy (R-UT-03) and Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the House, and introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in the Senate. This critical legislation aims to strengthen the security and integrity of America’s innovation sector. It amends a key provision of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, focusing on bolstering research security.
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Representative Mike Kennedy (R-UT-03), along with Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Mike Lee (R-UT), introduced the Natural Asset Company Prohibition Act, legislation aiming to protect Utah’s public lands from takeover by Wall Street activists and foreign investors. The bill would prohibit Natural Asset Companies (NACs) and similar entities from entering into agreements that affect land, water, or natural resources within Utah’s borders.