Press Releases

Today, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) sent a letter to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) requesting quick review of the Cultural Resources Survey for the I-49 Inner City Connector in Shreveport. SHPO’s review of the survey will allow the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to move forward on a project that has been delayed for more than seven years. JOHNSO... Read more »

Shreveport native Cal Alexander has advanced to the final round of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. At the time of this release, Cal remained one of only 40 spellers left in the running for the title of champion. More than 550 competitors started in the on-stage preliminaries on Tuesday. REP. MIKE JOHNSON (LA-04) RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: “Regardless of the outcom... Read more »

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the city of Shreveport will receive $54,472 to develop a mobile application and web portal in order to increase system efficiency and scheduling between health care providers and transit agencies. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON (LA-04) RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: "Guaranteeing safe and efficient transit for all Shreveport citizens is vital f... Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) introduced a resolution to expose the Socialist policies of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal and to prove that fully implementing the proposal is clearly impossible. Johnson’s resolution highlights the exorbitant costs of the plan, the harm it would actually cause to the environment, the exponential increase in energy costs that woul... Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) reintroduced the Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act (PACE Act) to close a court-created loophole that allows child predators to escape punishment on a technicality. JOHNSON RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: "We have a moral obligation to protect all children from sexual predators and to eliminate any legal technicality that would allow a predator to... Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement after a military vehicle overturned during a training exercise at Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center early Wednesday morning killing one Army Reservist and injuring others: “We are saddened to hear of the tragic training accident that took the life of one of our soldiers. Every single member of our military, whether ... Read more »

On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement regarding the groundbreaking of the I-20/I-220 Barksdale Air Force Base Interchange Project which will create a new access road extending south from the interstate interchange into the base: “One of my distinct honors of working for the Fourth District is representing Barksdale Air Force Base, which plays a cr... Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined President Trump on Air Force One as they headed to Sempra Energy’s Cameron Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Export Facility in Hackberry, Louisiana, to survey three liquefied natural gas storage tanks, an export-ready operational natural gas liquefaction plant and the construction progress of two natural gas liquefaction plants. JOHNSON RELEASED THE FOLL... Read more »

This week, the United States deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base “in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” from Iran. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON (LA-04) RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: “Louisiana’s Fourth District is the proud home of Barksdale Air Force Base and F... Read more »

In response to questions from Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Johnson (R-La.) during contempt proceedings for United States Attorney General William Barr, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) admitted that the subpoena commanding AG Barr to break the law or be held in contempt of Congress, was, in fact, meant as the “beginning of a dialogue.” The extended exchange can be foun... Read more »