BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a member of President Trump’s task force to reopen the American economy, today delivered the following statement while on Capitol Hill to support the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. The legislation will support American workers and businesses with $310 billion into the Paycheck Protection… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today issued the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) is receiving over $40 million through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). This critical funding will support… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced a grant totaling over $6.5 million to Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. This grant will be used to continue the department’s response to combating COVID-19… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today issued the following statement regarding his appointment by President Trump to the Task Force on Reopening the Economy:
“It is a great honor to be asked by President Trump to serve on the Task Force on Reopening the Economy, and I gladly accepted. The American people have pulled together to slow the… Read more »
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 »
