Sen. John Kennedy vowed on Thursday to “raise fresh hell” if the Justice Department and the FBI did not fully come clean about the deadly suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans over New Years Eve.

“I wish I understood better why bad things happen to good people. If I make it to heaven, I’m going to ask. For those people who don’t believe in objective evil, all you have to do is look at what happened in our city early this morning,” the Louisiana Republican said during a press conference.

“If this doesn’t trigger the gag reflex of every American, every fair amount of Americans, I’ll be very surprised. I’m here because these are my people. I’m here because these are my people’s friends. I’m here because there are a lot of Louisianians who stare at my people. I don’t want them to be. There’s a lot of information going around. Some of it is actually true. Some of it isn’t. The federal government is now in charge of this investigation,” he continued.

“By that, I mean the White House, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice. I have not talked to the FBI. Maybe they’ve talked to my staff. I don’t know,” Kennedy continued. “I did talk to the Secretary of Homeland Security a little while ago, and I told him that, with all the respect I could muster, that we expect to put the full force and resources of the federal government behind this investigation. Our state troopers, our local police departments, our sheriffs, we’ve got many sheriffs here today, have been terrific so far.

“The federal government is cooperating with them. I hope that will continue. Here’s what I want to ask from the federal government. Catch these people. Catch these people. And then tell the American people the truth,” Kennedy pressed.

“Now, I don’t want you to tell us yet anything that’s going to interfere with your investigation. And there’s things that I’ve been told that I think are true that I’m not sharing with you today because it could interfere with your investigation. But after we get to the bottom of this, I need to tell the American people the truth, and the people of New Orleans the truth, and the people of America the truth,” he pledged.

“I think the mayor and the governor are very wise to postpone this ballgame for 24 hours. There’s just too much stuff we don’t know, and it’s just not worth it. But I guess my final point is I will promise you this,” he said.

“I will, when it is appropriate and this investigation is complete, you will find out what happened and who was responsible. Or I will raise fresh hell, and I will chase those in the federal government who are responsible for telling us what happened like they stole Christmas. Thank you very much,” he added.