– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) issued the following response after the Supreme Court ruled to strike down Louisiana’s health regulation Act 620 in a 5-4 decision. The state law requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their abortion facility.
Prior to being elected to Congress, Johnson was co-counsel for the state… Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana abortion law Monday in a ruling that will reverberate throughout America.
A majority of the justices ruled the 2014 law by Louisiana state Sen. Katrina Jackson, D-Monroe, that requires doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges illegally restricts access and is an undue burden to women.
Chief Justice John… Read more »
– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – today delivered the following remarks ahead of voting against House Democrats’ partisan policing legislation. The bill, H.R. 7120, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – today led a coalition of 30 members calling on the House Clerk to update congress.gov to reflect which members are employing proxies to vote on their behalf.
In a letter to the House Clerk Cheryl L. Johnson, the members noted that when the… Read more »
– U.S. Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – and Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) today introduced the Proxy Vote Windfall Prohibition Act.
When H. Res. 965, a House rule change, passed the House on May 5th, Members were given the option not to travel to Washington, D.C. for votes and… Read more »
– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – delivered remarks at the House Judiciary Committee markup calling for Republican input on H.R. 7120, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.
Congressman Johnson delivered the following remarks:
“What we need… Read more »
– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – today delivered opening remarks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing. The witnesses included Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd; and Angela Underwood Jacobs, the sister of Federal Protective Services… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today delivered opening remarks as the top-Republican at the subcommittee hearing titled “Protecting the Right to Vote During COVID-19”. Congressman Johnson made the following remarks as… Read more »
– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, today joined House Republicans to discuss the details of the lawsuit that he and 20 of his Republican colleagues filed yesterday to overturn Speaker Pelosi’s proxy voting rule.
Pelosi’s rule runs counter to both the… Read more »
BOSSIER CITY, La. – U.S. Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Jodey Arrington (TX-19), and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), today led a bicameral letter signed by 94 representatives and 33 senators urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to investigate reports that Planned Parenthood improperly obtained $80 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
Under the… Read more »
