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Washington D.C. – On Wednesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1096, the Judgement Fund Transparency Act.
Washington D.C. – On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Army and the Army Corps of Engineers released a proposed rule to rescind the Clean Water Rule and re-codify the regulatory text that existed prior to 2015 defining "waters of the United States" or WOTUS.
Washington D.C. – On Thursday, Reps. Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Charlie Crist (D-FL) introduced legislation to designate a National Day of Civility. The bipartisan bill has attracted scores of co-sponsors so far.
Washington D.C. – Rep. Johnson released the following statement regarding the shooting at the congressional baseball practice:
Washington D.C. – On Monday, the United States House of Representatives passed Rep. Mike Johnson’s (LA-04) bill, H.R. 2457, the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Extension Act of 2017 by a vote of 402 to 1.
Washington D.C. – On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives passed Rep. Mike Johnson’s (LA-04) legislation, the Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act (H.R.
Washington D.C. – Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement in regards to the terror attack in Manchester yesterday:
Washington D.C. – This week, Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) hosted two conference calls with police chiefs and sheriffs across Louisiana. These calls fall during National Police Week and amidst the passage of multiple bills to support law enforcement officers across the nation.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2017, by a vote of 309 to 118. Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) voted against the spending bill and released the following statement:
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Today, 18 members of Congress released a letter urging the U.S. Department of Justice to follow up with an investigation of the December 2016 criminal referrals regarding Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) and the illegal trade in fetal tissue from aborted children.
Sen. Mike Lee is warning that the case of a Colorado baker in legal peril for refusing to bake a specialty wedding cake for a same-sex couple’s commitment ceremony is about more than religious liberty or LGBT rights, but about whether the government can compel speech.
The U.S. House of Representatives in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote approved nearly $8 billion in Hurricane Harvey relief funds Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
The bill marks the first of several relief packages planned to help with the widespread damage across southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana.
With federal disaster coffers stretched to the seams, the U.S. House of Representatives quickly passed a bill Wednesday to infuse $7.9 billion in disaster aid without taking amendments, pushing off a number of persistent questions about several federal disaster recovery policies.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida.
Zach Wilson is the Keithville native who went on a mission trip in March to Guatemala, but was detained at the airport for having hunting ammunition in his bag. He spent three months in Guatemalan prison and now waits on house arrest for trial that won't start until February. His wife Lisa and Congressman Mike Johnson are working to bring him home.
The importance of a bipartisan effort for a stronger, more efficient National Flood Insurance Program was made plain this week in Houston.
It's been made plain before, too, in New Orleans and Biloxi in 2005; Lake Charles in 2005 and 2008; Lafayette and Monroe in 2016. It was made clear on the Jersey shore in 2012.
Sen. John Kennedy made a stop in Bossier City Thursday morning as part of the Bossier Chamber of Commerce’s Government Relations Seminar Series at CSRA.
Kennedy gave his perspective from the Senate, defining his first year as a cross between ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ and ‘The Gong Show.’
WASHINGTON _ Lawmakers from Louisiana and Texas, who return to Congress next week, are already gearing up to ask for federal disaster aid in the aftermath of Harvey.