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The chairman of the Republican Study Committee criticized the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, deriding them for being conducted “in secret.” “The problem right now is they’re doing this all in secret,” says Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., “They’re having these secret depositions and these top secret hearings in a basement… Read more »

The House votes 232 to 196 to authorize public Impeachment hearings, the first step in what ultimately may be a formal impeachment of President Donald Trump. Northwest Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson voted against the resolution. He called it an affront to the Founding Father’s vision for America. “Alexander Hamilton wrote that one day their fear was that impeachment and… Read more »

The U.S. House voted to move forward with its impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, with members of Louisiana's delegation predictably siding with their respective parties, our media partners at the Advocate report. "It's a Soviet-style process," U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, said in criticizing the behind-closed-doors probe that has taken place in recent… Read more »

Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, spoke with Brian Kilmeade about his visit to the White House to meet with President Trump. Johnson said the President covered a lot of topics and was very animated about the U.S military raid that killed ISIS leader al-Baghdadi. On impeachment, Johnson, who is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said… Read more »

This report outlines the Republican Study Committee's plan to make health insurance more affordable and health care more responsive to consumers. After months of discussions with experts and stakeholders, the Republican Study Committee released its health care plan, an alternative to the Medicare for All plan introduced by Democrats in Congress in 2019.  The plan, is a "conservative… Read more »

(Johnson Press) - Congressman Mike Johnson delivered a speech on the House floor Monday evening to raise awareness about the alarming rate of veteran suicides across the nation. “This country owes all our veterans a limitless debt of gratitude for the sacrifices they have made on our behalf. Our country would simply not be the nation it is today were it not for the many ways… Read more »

While Democrats race to the Left to get behind socialized health care plans like Medicare For All, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) is taking the lead for Republicans by offering a conservative market-based alternative that emphasizes providing quality health care coverage and reducing costs. On Washington Watch this week, I hosted Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Johnson… Read more »

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced on Bloomberg that the Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursed $11.69 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 from energy production on federal and American Indian-owned lands and offshore areas. This represents a $2.76 billion increase in comparison to FY 2018, and is… Read more »

A proposal to restore prior federal approval of changes in voting laws or practices in areas with a history of discrimination advanced in the House on Oct. 23, more than six years after the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act. The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee voted 19 to 6 along party lines to send the Voting Rights Advancement Act of… Read more »

A reform proposal to “empower Americans with greater control over their health care decisions and dollars,” while preserving protections for pre-existing conditions, will fix the “broken system” that is Obamacare, according to members of the Republican Study Committee (RSC). “The RSC has put forward a plan that will protect individuals with pre-existing… Read more »