Press Releases

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement after voting against the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump: “This is the first time in the history of this country that an impeachment has been pursued without a specific crime being alleged or proven. Even after 14 hours of debate in the House Judiciary Committee, no one could produce a… Read more »

 Republican Study Committee Chairman Mike Johnson (LA-04) and RSC Health Care Task Force Chairman Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS-01) today released the following joint statement in response to a federal appeals court ruling that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate provision is unconstitutional while remanding the larger question on the overall constitutionality of the… Read more »

 Ahead of today’s impeachment vote, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today delivered a speech on the House floor unraveling House Democrats’ politically-motivated, “evidence-free” impeachment: “The founders of this country warned us against a single-party impeachment because they feared it would bitterly and perhaps irreparably divide our… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement after voting against articles of impeachment brought before the House Judiciary Committee. Democrats, who yesterday abruptly postponed the vote after 14 hours of debate, were unable to secure the support of a single Republican committee member in their partisan effort to impeach the President of the… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a Constitutional law attorney and member of the House Judiciary Committee, today released a line-by-line analysis obliterating the Democrats’ articles of impeachment. Johnson writes: “Our radical liberal colleagues have vowed to impeach President Donald J. Trump since the day of his election, they have desperately created a… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), whose district is home to Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) and Fort Polk Army Base (AB), voted in favor of a $738 billion defense bill that delivers on key Louisiana priorities, including: Increased pay for military service members Improved housing for military families Engine replacements for B-52s at Barksdale AFB The… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following remarks during the committee’s impeachment markup Wednesday evening: “House Democrats can’t stand this president. They bristle at literally everything he does. But in our system, Congress doesn’t get to remove a president just because they don’t like him. They don’t get to ignore the… Read more »

   U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today introduced legislation designating a United States Post Office in Mansfield, La., to Dr. C.O. Simpkins Sr. to honor his life and service as a Louisiana veteran and legendary civil rights activist. Dr. Simpkins passed away Wednesday evening. Johnson’s legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Representatives Steve Scalise… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that he has reached a deal with Speaker Pelosi to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “President Trump has never delivered a better deal for America’s workers and Louisiana’s economy than the USMCA. While I’m disappointed Democrats needlessly held… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: “As Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler release their articles of impeachment, there is less support for impeachment today among the American people – and… Read more »