WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson released the following statement to highlight House Republicans’ continued work to implement a pro-growth agenda through commonsense deregulation and long-overdue reforms with the passage of this week’s House bills. “House Republicans continue to implement a pro-growth agenda that puts hard hats back on American workers, gets shovels in the ground, and unleashes the ec... Read More »
WASHINGTON — A recent investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has exposed extraordinary levels of fraud and abuse inside the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace — including fake identities receiving subsidies, widespread misuse of Social Security numbers (SSN), billions in unreconciled payments, and insurers collecting tax credits on behalf of deceased individuals. These find... Read More »
WASHINGTON — House Republicans today released the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act — legislation that lowers health care premiums, increases health care access, expands health care choices, and brings greater transparency to America’s health care system. The legislation will be considered in the House next week. “Nearly 15 years ago, the Democrats’ Unaffordable Care Act broke the A... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 NDAA), which includes major improvements to servicemember quality of life, ensures our warfighters remain the most lethal and well-equipped in the world, and codifies all or part of 15 of President Trump’s executive orders to promote his Peace Through Strength agenda. Addit... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson discussed Republican efforts to fix the Democrats’ broken health care system and addressed their refusal to support cost sharing reductions – included in the House-passed version of the Working Families Tax Cuts – reforms Democrats used to support that would have lowered health care premiums by 1... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This week, House Republicans are advancing the FY26 NDAA — the centerpiece of President Trump’s Peace Through Strength Agenda and the plan to restore unmatched American military dominance. This legislation rebuilds a lethal warfighting edge, ends Biden’s woke agenda in the military, keeps the border secured, and reestablishes real deterrence after years of weakness. It enacts key Trum... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, Speaker Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries hosted the third annual Capitol Menorah Lighting Ceremony to commemorate upcoming the eight-day festival of Hanukkah. Reps. Craig Goldman and Randy Fine and Rabbi Levi Shemtov joined Congressional leaders at the ceremony. Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here. Below a... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson commended House passage of S. 1017, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 NDAA). This annual legislation includes major priorities for the Louisiana military community, particularly Barksdale Air Force Base and Air Force Global Strike Command, Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center, and Camp Minden. “This year’s National De... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson and Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Amir Ohana today officially launched their effort to rally Speakers and Presidents of Parliaments around the world to join them in nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026 following President Trump’s work to secure the return of all living hostages, establish lasting security for Israel, and deliver the framew... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson released the following statement on S. 1017, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. “This year’s National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President Trump and Republicans’ Peace Through Strength Agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump’s executive orders, ending woke ideology at the Pentagon, securing the border, revitalizing the defense i... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson issued the following statement after the House passed three commonsense measures this week – the PROTECT Our Kids Act, the TRACE Act, and the CLASS Act – to increase transparency in America’s schools and protect students from adversarial foreign influence and propaganda. “This week’s House passage of the PROTECT Our Kids Act, the TRACE Act, and the CLASS Act are victor... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson issued the following statement today after the FBI announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with the placement of pipe bombs at the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters on January 5, 2021: “Today, all of Congress commends the hard work of investigators and law enforcement officials at the FBI and USCP who helped bring a su... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson issued the following statement after the House passed legislation to codify President Trump’s Executive Orders to unleash prosperity through deregulation, empower small businesses, and foster economic growth. “America’s small businesses owners are forced to navigate outdated, duplicative, and costly federal regulations and unnecessary delays that hold them back. Today,... Read More »
WASHINGTON — This morning, at the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Johnson discussed House Republicans’ historic work in the 119th Congress to bring down costs for working families, fix Democrats’ broken health care system, and rid American streets of violent criminals and dangerous illegal aliens. Watch Speaker Johnson’s full remarks here On the Working Families Tax Cu... Read More »
WASHINGTON — Tonight, Speaker Johnson hosted the 2025 Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Nevada fourth grader and winner of the Capitol Christmas Tree essay contest, Grady Armstrong, helped light the 53-foot Red Fir, harvested from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and affectionately known as ‘Silver Belle.’ The Speaker was joined by USDA Secretary B... Read More »
