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National and state leaders have spoken up regarding four church fires in Louisiana, one in northwest Louisiana. Investigators suspect a small fire that damaged Vivian United Pentecostal in north Caddo Parish March 31 was intentional. Three historically black churches in less than two weeks have caught fire, where officials say they found “suspicious elements,” in St. Landry… Read more »

U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is leading the charge on a long-shot effort to force a vote on a measure that would punish doctors if they don’t try saving the lives of infants born after botched abortions. The bill, dubbed the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act," is unlikely to get the 218 signatures it needs to get to override the Democratic… Read more »

 Today, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and more than 150 of his colleagues signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the House. The petition was brought forward by Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-01) and remains active until the end of this Congress. It needs 218 signatures to move forward. “Every… Read more »

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and more than 150 of his colleagues signed a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the House. The petition was brought forward by Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-01) and remains active until the end of this Congress. It needs 218 signatures to move forward. JOHNSON RELEASED THE FOLLOWING… Read more »

House Republicans are making another move to get the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the floor of the chamber for a vote, but there’s another big hurdle they’ll have to clear. Tuesday morning, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise announced that a discharge petition for the bill, which failed in the Senate, will be filed on April 2. The catch? It’ll have to… Read more »

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal runs 14 pages long. The Republican Study Committee is countering with a 13-page takedown. The RSC, the caucus of conservatives in the U.S. House, has produced a background briefing document cataloguing the struggles and costs of meeting the Green New Deal’s lofty promises. Among the difficulties is that using 100… Read more »

Rep. Mike Johnson said Tuesday it would be “silly” for any congressional committee to re-investigate topics covered by special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. “I think it’s silly for anyone to suggest that any congressional committee here…could find something that Robert Mueller did not in 22 months of investigation, with 25 million… Read more »

United States Congressman Mike Johnson from Louisiana's 4th Congressional District talks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL's Robert J Wright and Erin McCarty about the Mueller Report released last Friday. The report, which ended an investigation of more than two years, found that there was no collusion between President Donald Trump or the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Johnson tells… Read more »

Rachel Martin talks to GOP Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana about special counsel Mueller's report that President Trump's campaign did not conspire with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: And as Carrie Johnson mentioned, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler, says his committee is going to try to call the Attorney General, William… Read more »

 Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Mike Johnson (R-La.) released the following statement regarding Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report:  “I am pleased to see this investigation has finally come to a close. It has been a source of great division in our country for nearly two years, and we hope the nation can now begin to move forward. I look forward to… Read more »