WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today reintroduced the CEASE Overdose Act to permanently classify illicit fentanyl as a Schedule I narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act.
“Fentanyl overdose is now one of the leading causes of death for Americans,” Johnson said. “There is no reason why Congress should be required to reauthorize… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson delivered criticisms during a Monday St. Landry Parish town hall meeting regarding Biden administration's reaction to border control decisions, information about objects shot down over North America and federal government agencies he accused of becoming politicized.
Johnson also told a large crowd that Chinese are apparently testing the ability of Biden… Read more »
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… Read more »
A Supreme Court report this week on the leak of a draft opinion has revitalized an effort from two Louisiana Republicans to criminalize leaking information from the high court, a step some experts say could get messy if it became law.
Though the report Thursday from Marshal of the Supreme Court Gail A. Curley said officials did not find out who may have leaked the opinion last year, it… Read more »
Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson continued the new Republican-controlled House's early march to address key conservative flashpoint concerns Wednesday with a bill condemning vandalism, violence and threats against anti-abortion rights advocates in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Johnson, who is among the to GOP leaders in the House as vice-chair of… Read more »
House Republicans are launching an investigation of the FBI‘s involvement in censoring conservative speech online, alleged abuses of federal power that were revealed in Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican and incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Twitter’s internal documents raised concerns that “the FBI maintained this relationship with… Read more »
Louisiana’s congressional delegation is among one of the most consistently conservative you could find from any red state, but I’d be willing to put Congressman Mike Johnson up against any conservative in the House. He is one of the best conservative thinkers the state is putting forward.
On Saturday, he joined the Moon Griffon Show podcast to discuss one aspect of the Twitter Files… Read more »
Republican Louisiana Congressmen Steve Scalise and Mike Johnson will be among the leaders at the seat of power in the next GOP-controlled House after securing wins from their delegation.
Scalise, who represents the 1st Congressional District, will be the majority leader in the new Congress next year, second only to the House speaker, who will likely be Kevin McCarthy of… Read more »
United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement after being re-elected to serve as Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference for the 118th Congress:
“The American people have turned to House Republicans in the 118th Congress to lead on principle and produce results, and I am truly humbled and grateful to my colleagues for putting their… Read more »
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee released a lengthy staff report on Friday on alleged politicization and anti-conservative bias in the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), a document that will serve as a road map for more probes of the agencies if the GOP wins control of the House in next week’s midterm elections.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the stewardship… Read more »
