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Seven lawmakers on Monday asked the Justice Department to investigate whether a Swiss bank is illegally blocking the transfer of restitution funds for victims of the second-largest Ponzi scheme in United States history. In a Monday letter, representatives from both parties asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to review whether Swiss bank Societe Generale is complying with a… Read more »

Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson tells 101.7 / 710 KEEL’s Robert J Wright and Erin McCarty his thoughts on the weekend of violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Johnson gives KEEL listeners a lengthy and articulate condemnation of the White Supremacists whose march was at the center of last weekend’s trouble, but the Republican lawmaker is also quick to reject the… Read more »

Freshman U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson is coming back to Acadiana to meet with constituents about issues that matter to them. Over the next couple of weeks, Johnson will hold at least one town hall in every parish within Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District. He’ll begin in DeSoto Parish on Friday, August 18, then head to Bienville Parish the following Monday. He then makes the… Read more »

U.S. representative to hold town hall in Eunice, Ville Platte U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson of the 4th District plans town hall meetings in Eunice and Ville Platte. Johnson’s town hall in Eunice will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 23 in the Eunice City Council Chambers, 300 S. 2nd St. On Aug. 30, Johnson will hold a town hall from 3 to 4 p.m. at the North Side Civic Center, 704 N.… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Bossier City, will host four more town halls this month in DeSoto, Bienville, St. Landry and Evangeline parishes. With the completion of these town halls, Johnson will have held at least one town hall in every parish within Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District. Here are the dates and locations: DeSoto Parish Town Hall, Calista A. Calhoun… Read more »

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Democrats and Republicans alike are growing increasingly strident with their warnings to the White House that Washington would reach a political breaking point — with no turning back for President Donald Trump — if he tries to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. “Any effort to go after Mueller could be the beginning of the end of the Trump presidency unless Mueller did… Read more »

The White House signaled Thursday that it will support a House Republican proposal to overhaul the U.S. asylum system, saying that stricter rules are needed to prevent fraud and abuse in the the asylum claims process. The Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, would raise the standard for proving a “credible fear” of… Read more »

Lawmakers are leading an effort to do away with endangered species regulations that they say hurt farmers and ranchers without benefiting the targeted wildlife. Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La., and Paul A. Gosar, R-Ariz., headlined a letter Tuesday to leaders of the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, asking for their assistance in modernizing laws that… Read more »