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   U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today introduced legislation designating a United States Post Office in Mansfield, La., to Dr. C.O. Simpkins Sr. to honor his life and service as a Louisiana veteran and legendary civil rights activist. Dr. Simpkins passed away Wednesday evening. Johnson’s legislation is cosponsored by U.S. Representatives Steve Scalise… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that he has reached a deal with Speaker Pelosi to approve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): “President Trump has never delivered a better deal for America’s workers and Louisiana’s economy than the USMCA. While I’m disappointed Democrats needlessly held… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after House Democrats introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: “As Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler release their articles of impeachment, there is less support for impeachment today among the American people – and… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today made the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing exposing Democrats’ partisan impeachment inquiry: “From the fraudulent process and the broken procedure to the Democrats' unfounded claims, the full facts are obviously not before us today. We've been allowed no fact witnesses here at all. For the first… Read more »

 U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today joined several of his Republican colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee in sending a letter to Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10) criticizing the committee’s failure to address “real problems affecting real Americans” while indulging “Committee Democrats’ obsession with impeaching the president and undoing… Read more »

Republican Louisiana Congressmen Mike Johnson defended President Trump ahead of this week's House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, calling the process a "charade." "(Democrats) have been engaged in this charade since the president took office," said Johnson, who is also chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee. "They've changed the narrative multiple times… Read more »

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and NPR's Tim Mak about the conclusion of the first public phase of the impeachment inquiry. What is the next phase of the probe? Listen to the interview here. Read more »

As foreign influence takes center stage in House impeachment proceedings, lawmakers, candidates, and outside groups are tossing around proposals to curb, or shed new light on, efforts from abroad to sway U.S. policy and elections. Liberal-leaning groups, including Public Citizen, are prodding House Democrats to sign on to forthcoming legislation that would overhaul foreign lobbying… Read more »

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson has officially announced that the Leesville Municipal Airport will be given $548,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This grant is intended to make runway safety area improvements. Johnson released the following statement earlier this week: “Leesville Municipal Airport plays a critical role in producing income and access for the city and… Read more »

A bipartisan House resolution has been introduced that would call on tech and app development companies to create an app rating board as a way to help parents protect kids from "dangerous and exploitative" apps by "enforc[ing] consistent and accurate age and content ratings of apps on internet-ready devices."  It would also call on technology companies to provide… Read more »