WASHINGTON – As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, congressional Democrats condemned Vladimir Putin, backed President Joe Biden, and called for more economic sanctions on Putin's regime, while Republicans offered a more divided response.
"Putin’s decision to invade is an evil, panicked move of weakness and will be his defining mistake,” tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
Murphy also… Read more »
Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee said they’ve been receiving intelligence for some time the Russian invasion of Ukraine was a real possibility.
“It’s been very frustrating to us that the administration has not taken more decisive action before now. So, it’s a very sad and unfortunate development, obviously, it destabilizes the political… Read more »
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats and Republicans are eyeing their next steps after President Joe Biden imposed new sanctions Tuesday in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
House Intelligence Committee members said they were working on bipartisan legislation requiring a plan for the U.S.… Read more »
The Hill
February 16, 2022
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/594452-gop-eyes-ambitious-agenda-if-house-flips
Republicans are eyeing an ambitious legislative agenda if they flip the House in November’s elections, setting the stage for countless clashes with President Biden on a host of thorny issues, from COVID-19 protocols and Big Tech to border security and the national debt.
The… Read more »
LA Politics
February 16, 2022
Congressman Mike Johnson today called for the House Judiciary Committee chairman to scheduled committee hearings on America’s growing fentanyl crisis. "In my home state of Louisiana, drug overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) rose 119 percent in just the first four months of 2021 when compared to 2020," Johnson wrote in a letter to… Read more »
Attacking the growing Fentanyl crisis
Shreveport Times (Op-ed)
Congressman Mike Johnson
February 17, 2022
https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/opinion/2022/02/17/congressman-mike-johnson-attacking-growing-fentanyl-crisis-louisiana-shreveport-drug-war/6796517001/
Illegal drug overdoses recently became the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45, killing more people in this… Read more »
Baton Rouge / louisianaradionetwork.com
Kevin Gallagher
Feb 15, 2022
District 4 Louisiana U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson proposes federal law to permanently make illicit Fentanyl a Schedule I controlled substance. Talking with LRN, Johnson says Congress currently has to go back and reauthorize the drug’s temporary Schedule I status; which is counter-productive. He says law… Read more »
Farmerville, La. (KNOE) — Congressman Mike Johnson was in Union Parish for a town hall on February 10. He blames the Biden administration for record inflation, the border crisis, and a rise in violent crime.
“If you flood the economy with cash, then each of those dollars is worth a little bit less,” Johnson told constituents.
Johnson adds that the Biden agenda is driving up the cost of… Read more »
United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today introduced the CEASE Overdose Act to permanently classify illicit fentanyl as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act.
“Fentanyl overdoses recently became the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-45, claiming more lives per year than car accidents and cancer,” Johnson said. “Federal authorities have a… Read more »
MONROE, La. (KNOE) — Representative Mike Johnson has introduced legislation he says will help curb America’s fentanyl crisis.
The bill would make the highly-potent substance a permanent Schedule I narcotic.
This comes after the U.S surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021.
“We have to address this crisis,” Johnson told KNOE in an exclusive conversation. “Fentanyl has become a number… Read more »
