BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that President Trump has authorized a 100 percent federal cost share for Hurricane Laura recovery for a period of 30 days. Congressman Johnson has been in constant conversations with the White House and requested that Louisiana be relieved of their current cost share obligation in… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded over two million dollars in federal grants to improve water systems in St. Landry and Natchitoches Parish. The rural development grants will be used to update and replace water storage tanks and water lines in the two parishes. The water… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court:
“What a joy it is to now be able to refer to my dear friend as ‘Justice Amy Coney Barrett’. As everyone now knows, she has all the qualities that America needs and… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced more than $2.2 million in federal grants to improve telemedicine and distance learning for Louisianians in the Fourth Congressional District. These investments, administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will be used to do the following:
Improve distance learning for Science,… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today sent a letter to Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper encouraging the department to consider Barksdale AFB as a candidate for its newest high-tech telecommunications program to test fifth generation (5G) wireless defense applications. The letter goes on to state:
“The… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory Commission a $200,000 grant. These funds will support local and state criminal forensics by increasing the processing capacity of DNA laboratories, thereby reducing the number of DNA samples awaiting analysis.
“I thank… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the Caddo Parish School Board over $749,000 to support efforts to reduce violence and crime in schools. This funding, administered through the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program, can be used to train school personnel and educate students on… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04), Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Jim Jordan (OH-04), Ranking Member of House Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr asking that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate possible election-related crimes that have already been reported in the… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) sent a letter to President Trump requesting him to consider a cost share adjustment for Hurricane Laura recovery. Currently, state and local governments must meet their obligation of assuming 25 percent of recovery costs, but due to the wide spread damage from Hurricane Laura in the midst of a global pandemic, Congressman Johnson requests that… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, delivered the following message after President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Note: Congressman Johnson has known Amy Coney Barrett, a Louisiana native, for thirty years, and has advocated… Read more »
