WASHINGTON—Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today are investigating whether the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has contributed… Read more »
WASHINGTON — Today, the House of Representatives voted to advance the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), annual legislation which includes major priorities for the Louisiana defense community, particularly Barksdale Air Force Base along with Air Force Global Strike Command and Fort Johnson along with the Joint Readiness Training Center.
The FY25 NDAA contains many… Read more »
WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, Whip Emmer, and Chairwoman Stefanik issued the following statement after President Biden issued his election year immigration Executive Order:
“President Biden's Executive Order is nothing more than a desperate political stunt to try and stabilize his plummeting poll numbers.
“From his first day in office, Biden has worked to… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
