Hayride
September 22, 2022
Even those who would vote against him in Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District should be pleased with certain dual reelections of Bossier City Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, which along with the extremely likely reelection of the First District’s Metairie GOP Rep. Steve Scalise will bring power unseen in history to the state’s congressional delegation.
No… Read more »
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2022 — United States Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Troy Nehls (TX-22), today in a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urged the secretary to withdraw his department’s recently announced public charge rule.
The newly announced DHS policy will exclude several significant non-cash sources of federal funds—such as Medicaid—when… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Congressman Troy Nehls (TX-22), along with 10 others, introduced a Resolution of Disapproval on President Biden’s newly announced “public charge” rule. The new rule would dramatically scale back the number of benefits immigrants can use that would be held against them when applying for permanent residency in the United… Read more »
USA Today Network
September 19, 2022
Louisiana U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson is set to be the No. 5 leader in the House if Republicans can take control from Democrats, which he said places him in a key position to deliver on priorities for his 4th Congressional District and state.
Johnson, who in three terms has quickly climbed the GOP leadership ladder, announced he will seek reelection as… Read more »
WASHINGTON, September 16, 2022 — On Thursday, Rep. Mike Johnson (La-04), Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), and 48 of their colleagues demanded the Army immediately stop unfairly restricting unvaccinated soldiers from official travel and denying them vital career opportunities.
"This new directive will unfairly deny soldiers – who simply followed the tenets of their… Read more »
WASHINGTON, September 14, 2022 — 47 Republican Members of Congress led by United States Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04), Chip Roy (TX-21), and Thomas Massie (KY-04) today sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding answers from the Pentagon regarding the effect of the Secretary’s military COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the readiness of America’s Armed Forces.
“The Biden… Read more »
Bloomberg Government
September 14, 2022
House Republicans are using an under-the-radar legislative weapon in several committees today, bringing forward privileged resolutions seeking documents from the Biden administration on issues including the search of Mar-a-Lago and the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Under House rules, the resolutions of inquiry have floor privileges allowing… Read more »
Politico
September 14, 2022
What's happening: Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) is seeking a second term as House Republican vice chair, a move that comes after Rep. Elise Stefanik announced she is seeking a second term as conference chair.
POLITICO had previously reported Johnson was eying the role of GOP messaging chief if Stefanik sought another position in the conference, but with the New… Read more »
Breitbart
September 14, 2022
Republican lawmakers, led by Reps. Mike Johnson (LA), Chip Roy (TX), and Thomas Massie (KY), are demanding answers about the effect of the vaccine mandate on military readiness in a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin first obtained by Breitbart News.
“The Biden Administration’s military vaccine mandate is clearly harming military readiness by… Read more »
National Review
September 14, 2022
The House Judiciary Committee held a markup Wednesday of Republican-backed measures that would compel the White House and Department of Justice to turn over communications relating to their coordination with the National School Boards Association to investigate parents as “domestic terrorists.”
Introduced by GOP representatives Scott Fitzgerald and… Read more »
