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Two advocates repeatedly declined to answer Rep. Mike Johnson's questions about abortion Thursday – underscoring the tension surrounding Texas' controversial law and the debate over when life begins. Johnson, R-La., had pressed Stephanie Loraine Piñeiro, the co-executive director of Florida Access Network, and Texas OB-GYN Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi about whether abortion… Read more »

House Republicans on Friday railed against President Biden‘s vaccination mandate, saying the new workplace rules break constitutional norms and will force many to lose their jobs. In a show of force, more than 30 House Republicans gathered outside the Capitol to lambast the new mandate for workers at large companies to get COVID-19 shots. Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, who led the… Read more »

On Monday, a group of GOP members of the House Judiciary Committee fired off a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, demanding he “fully and unequivocally withdraw” his memorandum that “target[ed] concerned parents at school board meetings” and was sent to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and federal prosecutors. The group started by referring to Garland’s… Read more »

The National School Boards Association has apologized for a letter that Attorney General Merrick Garland used to target parents as “domestic terrorists.” “We regret and apologize for the letter,” the NSBA said in a memorandum sent to members on Friday. “To be clear, the safety of school board members, other public school officials and educators, and students is our… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLFY)– U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican who represents Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District along with U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, a Democratic from Michigan, introduced a bipartisan resolution aimed at calling on technology companies to help better protect their children from inappropriate content on digital applications, according to a news release from the… Read more »

Reps. Mike Johnson and Debbie Dingell have introduced a bipartisan resolution in the House that calls on big tech companies to create a rating board for digital applications to help shield children from inappropriate content. Introduced Friday, the resolution calls on technology and app development companies to establish an industry-run rating board similar to those… Read more »

House Judiciary Committee Republicans sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an ethics review and public report regarding the AG’s memo, which directs the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and U.S. Attorneys to use law enforcement to investigate parents who “intimidate” school board members. “This letter is to express our serious concerns about your recent… Read more »

United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the cities of Shreveport, Bossier, and Natchitoches will receive grants from the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program at the Department of Justice to aid in crime prevention and reduction. “Making sure our law enforcement officers have the resources they need to keep our communities safe is one of my top… Read more »

A group of House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding he explains his memorandum directing the FBI to target the growing movement of parents protesting school boards. They also called for an ethics investigation into his decision-making process. The letter, first obtained by the Daily Caller, was spearheaded by… Read more »

The power struggle we are watching in the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden’s spending (and taxing) bill is not between moderates and Big Government Socialists. It’s between timid Big Government Socialists and bolder ones. There are no moderates left in the Democratic Party. In August, every single Democrat in the House and Senate voted to move forward with Sen. Bernie… Read more »