BOSSIER, November 2, 2020 – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that Shreveport is receiving over $150,000 to help reduce crime in the city. The award is a part of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Project Safe Neighborhoods, and funds can be used to address criminal gang activity, illegal possession and use of firearms, and to develop innovative… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court:
“What a joy it is to now be able to refer to my dear friend as ‘Justice Amy Coney Barrett’. As everyone now knows, she has all the qualities that America needs and… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory Commission a $200,000 grant. These funds will support local and state criminal forensics by increasing the processing capacity of DNA laboratories, thereby reducing the number of DNA samples awaiting analysis.
“I thank… Read more »
U.S. Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04), Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Jim Jordan (OH-04), Ranking Member of House Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr asking that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate possible election-related crimes that have already been reported in the… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, delivered the following message after President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Note: Congressman Johnson has known Amy Coney Barrett, a Louisiana native, for thirty years, and has advocated… Read more »
U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), a member of Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, today announced that nearly one million in grant funding is headed to local and state agencies to support law enforcement in Louisiana.
These funds, administered through the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), support a… Read more »
A group of Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter Tuesday to Democratic Chairman Jerry Nadler demanding he denounce “left-wing violent extremism” and more.
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, Colorado Republican Rep. Ken Buck, Republican Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, and Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner sent the letter to Nadler also saying he needs… Read more »
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday slammed committee chairman Jerrod Nadler, New York Democrat, for refusing to acknowledge “violent left-wing extremists.”
Led by the committee’s ranking Republican, Jim Jordan of Ohio, the group said Mr. Nadler has trivialized the violence and rioting that is “destroying Democrat-run American cities.”
“You… Read more »
At a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee today, U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – discussed the importance of upholding the rule of law with Attorney General William Barr.
To watch the exchange, click here.
Johnson also released the following statement regarding the… Read more »
Congressman Mike Johnson talks about Monday's Supreme Court decision striking down a Louisiana law requiring abortion clinic doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
The decision is a major victory for abortion rights activists and a huge disappointment to conservatives as the court overturned the Louisiana law that had been in place in 2014.
Chief Justice… Read more »
