Individual Freedom

Johnson Leads Hearing on Harmful Effects of “Gender-Affirming Care” for Children

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WASHINGTON — On Thursday, U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, led a hearing on “The Dangers and Due Process Violations of 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Children.” The hearing examined motivations for the rapid increase in the use of these treatments on children and highlighted the ongoing, barbaric…

Johnson, Feenstra Introduce Legislation to Protect Second Amendment Rights

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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined Rep. Randy Feenstra (IA-04) and 34 of their colleagues in introducing the Preserving Rights Of Tenants by Ensuring Compliance To (PROTECT) the Second Amendment Act. This legislation would secure the Second Amendment rights of Americans who live in rental properties whose landlords receive financial assistance from the federal…

Johnson, Chairman Jordan, Senator Paul Fight to Protect Americans’ First Amendment Rights Against Government Censorship

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WASHINGTON — On Thursday, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Free Speech Protection Act, which will prohibit…

ICYMI: Johnson Reacts to SCOTUS Decisions

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04), Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference and a former constitutional law attorney, released the following statements in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Groff v. DeJoy. Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard: “Today, the Supreme Court correctly decided that…

'Death by a thousand cuts': Louisiana Republican blasts economic damage from 'administrative' state

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Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., tore into "nameless, faceless bureaucrats" in the "administrative state" he says are circumventing Congress by making sweeping federal rules without congressional authority that burdens taxpayers and ultimately drove the country into trillions of dollars in debt. In a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday discussing the Regulations from the Executive In…

Johnson: The Treatment of Whistleblowers is “Disgusting”

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WASHINGTON — Today’s Weaponization Committee hearing highlighted brave FBI whistleblowers who have exposed abuses within the Bureau and faced undue retaliation in response. During the hearing, Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04) used his allotted time to question FBI Special Agent Garrett O’Boyle, who, despite exhausting every legal avenue within the Bureau, was stripped of his security…

Johnson to HHS: End the Healthcare Workers Vaccine Mandate

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WASHINGTON — Today, United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing concern over the Department’s ambiguity regarding the healthcare workers vaccine mandate and demanding he end the policy immediately.  While there are serious privacy and individual rights concerns, this mandate…

FBI sought to develop sources in Catholic churches to combat domestic terrorism, docs show

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The FBI recently sought to develop sources inside Christian churches and Catholic dioceses as part of an effort to combat domestic terrorism, according to internal documents released by House Judiciary Committee on Monday. The internal documents — obtained last month by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., who are also members of the…

EXCLUSIVE: House Committee on the Weaponization of Government DEMANDS answers on FBI targeting Catholics

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The House Committee on the Weaponization of Government is investigating the FBI's recent targeting of Catholics, as was evidenced by a leaked bulletin from the Richmond office. That memo, which stated that Catholics who prefer Latin Mass who are "Radical-Traditionalist Catholics," painted them as having an "adherence to anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacist…

Johnson to Chair House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government in the 118th Congress

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WASHINGTON, January 27, 2023 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) will serve as Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government in the 118th Congress, retaining his position from the 117th Congress as the top Republican on the subcommittee. Congressman Johnson today made the following statement: “The Constitution Subcommittee is…