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WASHINGTON — On Sunday, United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) penned an op-ed in the Shreveport Times imploring President Biden to engage in good faith negotiations with House Republicans on the debt ceiling. Congressman Johnson highlighted President Biden’s long history of supporting debt ceiling negotiations and cited data that shows 70% of Americans want their leaders in… Read more »

President Biden is playing the most dangerous game. America’s national debt has eclipsed $31.7 trillion, Social Security and Medicare are on a path to insolvency, and employers are being forced to reduce their workforces. This trajectory is simply unsustainable and its inevitable end is calamitous. Net interest on our national debt will reach $10.5 trillion in less than a decade –… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Today, United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing concern over the Department’s ambiguity regarding the healthcare workers vaccine mandate and demanding he end the policy immediately.  While there are serious privacy and individual rights concerns, this mandate… Read more »

BOSSIER CITY, LA — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today honored both the winners of this year’s Congressional Art Competition and recipients of the Congressional Commendation for Community Service at a ceremony in Bossier. The Congressional Art Competition is a nationwide, visual art contest for high school students, where one piece of artwork from each congressional… Read more »

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson explains why House Republicans believe there is evidence of criminality on Hunter Biden's laptop. Link to interview here. Read more »

WASHINGTON— Yesterday, United States Representative Mike Johnson’s legislation, the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act, passed the House Judiciary Committee and will be considered by the House as part of the Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023. Amid the ongoing humanitarian and logistical crisis created by the Biden Administration at the southern border, this bill provides… Read more »

 Washington, April 17, 2023 – United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) submitted a community project funding request for Barksdale Air Force Base: Recipient: Barksdale Air Force Base, 307th Bomb Wing Recipient Address: 425 Lindbergh Avenue, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana 71110 Requested Amount: $7 million Explanation of Request: This request will fund the… Read more »

The FBI recently sought to develop sources inside Christian churches and Catholic dioceses as part of an effort to combat domestic terrorism, according to internal documents released by House Judiciary Committee on Monday. The internal documents — obtained last month by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., who are also members of the… Read more »

The House Committee on the Weaponization of Government is investigating the FBI's recent targeting of Catholics, as was evidenced by a leaked bulletin from the Richmond office. That memo, which stated that Catholics who prefer Latin Mass who are "Radical-Traditionalist Catholics," painted them as having an "adherence to anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ and white supremacist… Read more »

The CEASE Overdose Act removes the need for Congress to reauthorize illicit fentanyl’s classification as a deadly substance every couple of months 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… Read more »