WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that Allen Parish and the towns of Kinder and Oakdale will receive a combined $10 million in further federal funding to assist with ongoing debris removal efforts related to Hurricane Laura, which made landfall in August 2020.
“Hurricane Laura was the twelfth named storm, and the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the town of Vivian will receive $298,000 to modernize its airport’s taxiways and make necessary design standard improvements.
“This grant from the Federal Aviation Administration will allow the town of Vivian to construct new taxiway turnarounds, which will eliminate the need for aircrafts… Read more »
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the city of Springhill will receive $500,000 to construct a new 7,500 square foot, 6-unit hangar for the Springhill Airport.
“This is a great day for Webster Parish,” Johnson said. “This award will help modernize the Springhill Airport and assist in its mission to become as… Read more »
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the City of Natchitoches will receive $1.14 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to reconstruct 1,200 feet of taxiway pavement at the Natchitoches Regional Airport.
“This award from the federal government is great for Natchitoches,” Johnson said. “These improvements… Read more »
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that the DeSoto Parish Police Jury will receive $550,000 to rehabilitate and maintain 12,700 sq. yards of pavement at the CE ‘Rusty’ Williams Airport.
“This is wonderful news for DeSoto Parish,” Johnson said. “This award will directly contribute to modernization efforts and keep the airport… Read more »
WASHINGTON, April 22, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) led a series of Republican speeches yesterday evening on the House floor on Biden’s Border Crisis and the partisan Democrat “infrastructure” proposal.
“When President Biden was inaugurated, the American people will remember, he called for unity,” Johnson said. “He promised to work across the aisle, to work… Read more »
Senate Republicans are wary of posturing from President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats trying to get bipartisan support for the nearly $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan infrastructure proposal.
The initial plan released by the White House was a nonstarter for Republicans. The vast majority of the spending was not initiatives traditionally… Read more »
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) joined CQ Roll Call’s “Future” podcast this week to discuss the future of the Republican Party, the House Democrat agenda, and other news of the day.
Listen to the full episode here, and see excerpts below:
On what the Republican Party needs to do to win in the future:
“I think this is actually pretty… Read more »
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021 – United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Stephen Waguespack, President and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), today released the following statements regarding an unconstitutional provision that was included in the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion “COVID-19 relief bill” passed on Wednesday:
Statement by Rep.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today said “if Democrats are going to preach unity, they need to practice it too,” after voting against the $1.9 trillion budget resolution brought to a vote by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats.
The Democrat budget resolution establishes a legislative process that would allow Democrats to pass a… Read more »
