WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson released the following statement after the House passed HR 5717, the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act: “While the Biden-Harris Administration was busy opening our borders to allow illegal aliens to flood into American communities, sanctuary cities were providing them with things like with free housing and healthcare - at the same time shielding them from federal law... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson released the below statement after the House passed the Enhanced Presidential Security Act of 2024, days after the second assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “It is surreal to say that there was a second attempt on Donald Trump’s life in less than two months. The current situation is dangerous, and he needs and deserves increased Secr... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Today, following the second assassination attempt on President Trump’s life, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to expand the investigative purview of the Bipartisan Task Force to Investigate the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump to include the second assassination attempt. Speaker Johnson released the following statement after the unanimous consent request was agree... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This week, the Republican-led House took several important steps to expose and fight the woke agenda of the Biden-Harris Administration. “This week, the House passed three comprehensive anti-woke legislative packages, along with several key individual bills, to counter the woke, wasteful, and weaponized agenda of the Biden-Harris Administration. Americans want our banks to be fiduciar... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This morning, ahead of the House vote on a six month spending measure to avoid a government shutdown and protect American elections from noncitizen voting, Speaker Johnson joined Fox News’ Fox and Friends and CNBC’s Squawk Box to implore Congressional Democrats to protect American elections, highlight the 2025 GOP economic agenda, and detail plans to expand the investigative scope of ... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Tonight, Speaker Johnson addressed the media after 206 House Democrats voted against preventing a costly government shutdown and strengthening enforcement against non-American citizens and illegal aliens participating in American elections. Below are Speaker Johnson’s full remarks: Well, everybody, you just watched the legislative process play out. The play that we ran tonight was the... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson delivered an economic speech at the America First Policy Institute focused on the harmful impact of Bidenomics, the economic successes delivered under President Trump, and a legislative agenda for the first 100 days under a second Trump Administration. Speaker Johnson also joined Larry Kudlow, Chair of the Center for American Prosperity AFPI, for a fireside chat... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Fox & Friends to discuss his meeting with President Trump following the second failed assassination attempt yesterday, the secret service response, and he provided an update on the task force investigating the Butler, PA shooting. Click here to watch the full interview On meeting with President Trump: My wife Kelly and I were on the way to Mar-a-La... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, and the entire Louisiana congressional delegation sent a letter to President Biden urging him to approve Governor Jeff Landry’s request for an expedited major disaster declaration in the aftermath of Hurricane Francine that made landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday. “We write in support of Governor Jeff Landry’s request for an expedited major disa... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Building upon the critically important, bipartisan work of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this week, the Republican-led House took several important steps to protect the American people, our infrastructure, and our intellectual property from the CCP. “This week, the House passed a robust set of bills — 28 pie... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This morning, to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Speaker Johnson and Leader Jeffries laid a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial in the U.S. Capitol, which honors the brave patrons of Flight 93 — the hijacked airplane that was intended to attack the nation’s capital on September 11, 2001. Speaker Johnson statement commemorating the anniversary: “23 years... Read More »
WASHINGTON — At the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference this morning, Speaker Johnson addressed the House’s efforts to responsibly fund the government and prevent noncitizen voting in American elections. “Only U.S. citizens should vote in U.S. elections, and the Democrats apparently don't agree with that. When we put [the SAVE Act] on the floor in July, 198 House Democrats voted ag... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson hosted a bipartisan Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony to honor the 13 American servicemembers killed in the Kabul airport terrorist attack on August 26, 2021. The ceremony was held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol and was widely attended by bipartisan Members of Congress. The ceremony featured remarks from mother of Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, Coral Doolittl... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Speaker Johnson joined Jake Tapper on CNN’s The Lead to recap today’s Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the 13 fallen American servicemembers, the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s investigation into the failed Afghanistan withdrawal, and the need for Congress to pass the SAVE Act and responsibly fund the government. “We read the names of those 13 service memb... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, September 10, Speaker Johnson will host a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the 13 American servicemembers killed in the Kabul Airport terrorist attack on August 26, 2021. Speaker Johnson will be joined by Congressional Leadership and the families of the 13 fallen servicemembers. The ceremony will be held in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. WHO: Speaker Johnson, L... Read More »
