BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced Shreveport is receiving a grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) totaling over $11.3 million to maintain transit services during the coronavirus pandemic. The grant can be used for operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel costs, maintenance, administrative expenses, sanitation… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has approved over 17,000 loans and totaling more than $3.7 billion for Louisiana small businesses since the program began processing applications on April 3.
Johnson’s announcement comes as he continues to… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced more than $5.9 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants have been awarded as economic relief to local airports affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic relief grants were authorized by Congress through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was signed… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding $474.8 million to Louisiana health care facilities. The award is available to all health care facilities that received Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursements, and the amount is based on how much a given provider billed Medicare… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, LA – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Senators John Kennedy (R-LA) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) urging that the agency take decisive action to address the COVID-19 outbreak at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, La. The letter seeks answers to specific questions regarding… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, LA – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding $2.9 million to Louisiana to support efforts to combat COVID-19. The funds, which were authorized under the Phase I coronavirus aid bill passed on March 4, can be used for medical equipment, supplies, staffing, shipping, infection control,… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Cedric Richmond (LA-02), Republican Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01), and Democratic Whip James Clyburn (SC-06) have sent a bipartisan letter to key federal agency heads to make clear that it was and is Congress’ intent that houses of worship have equal access to the COVID-19 relief funds made available to non-profits under the… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that Shreveport and Bossier City will receive a total of more than $2 million in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants to combat COVID-19. The funds were made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which was unanimously approved by Congress last week.
The… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement regarding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act:
“In this unprecedented national emergency, Congress has a responsibility to help protect the health and safety of the American people and to preserve our economy, which is the key to sustaining our… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today sent a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Corranza urging that she address long wait times, website crashes, and other inefficiencies preventing Louisiana small businesses impacted by the coronavirus from accessing federal disaster loans:
“It has come to my attention,… Read more »
