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Johnson: Louisiana is ready for ‘red tsunami’

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Two days after celebrating the country’s independence, U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, who represents the state’s fourth district, held a town hall meeting in Pine Prairie. The congressman acknowledged all the bad news dominating the headlines today. “There’s a lot of bad things going on,” he said. “There’s some really bad news right now. We all feel it.” He went on to say our “freedoms…

Rep. Johnson Slams Dems For Saying Canada ‘Most Free’ Country

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Congressman Mike Johnson (R-La.) offered a fiery rebuttal to House Judiciary Democrats after they claimed that Canada is the most free country in the world. During a house hearing on Thursday, Johnson said that’s simply not true. “Mr. Cohen is wrong,” said Johnson. “Canada is not the most free country in the world young people. America is the greatest nation in the world. We are the…

Rep. Johnson, Sen. Cramer Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Allow Pregnant Mothers to Receive Child Support

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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2022 — U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) and U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced bicameral legislation, the Unborn Child Support Act, to give mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant. “Life begins at conception, and this bill is a straightforward first step towards updating our federal laws to reflect that fact.…

Town hall meeting is held

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Two days after celebrating the country’s independence, Congressman Mike Johnson, who represents the state’s fourth district, held a town hall meeting in Pine Prairie. The congressman acknowledged all the bad news dominating the headlines today. “There’s a lot of bad things going on,” he said. “There’s some really bad news right now. We all feel it.” He went on to say our…

New focus on defense spending in Louisiana

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Last year’s annual defense bill authorized the U.S. Army and Air Force to spend more money in Louisiana than in any other state, and the strides are expected to continue as we march further into 2022.  The massive investments represent an important win for the Bayou State, where defense spending played a notable role even before the current boon. According to a report issued last…

Mike Johnson: Biden’s ‘Creating a New Danger’ by Using Petroleum Reserve as ‘Personal Energy Slush Fund’

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On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) reacted to reports that some of the oil released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve was exported to other countries, including China, by stating that the reserve is for emergencies, “not the personal energy slush fund of the president.” And now Biden has “drained it three times to…

Johnson focuses on rural health care, broadband

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U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Benton, discussed the need for expansion of rural health care and broadband access for rural Louisiana on Wednesday during a town hall meeting with constituents and elected officials from Allen Parish. Johnson, who serves the 4th Congressional District which is located in the rural areas of Allen, Beauregard and Vernon parishes, said rural health care has been…

VIDEO: Mike Johnson On Biden’s Blame-Shifting On Inflation

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One of our favorite congressmen Mike Johnson (who by the way wrote the foreword for my new book The Revivalist Manifesto, the reviews of which have been quite good and you should buy it today) was on the Fox Business Channel with Maria Bartiromo this morning. It was a short appearance, but Johnson didn’t need a whole lot of time to blow away the idiocy of the Biden administration’s…

Congressman Mike Johnson holds town hall in Stonewall

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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Congressman Mike Johnson is back in the ArkLaTex from Washington, D.C. On Thursday, July 7, Johnson held a town hall in Stonewall, where he touched on ways he believes the economy can be improved. He said he believes the first step is getting Republicans back in control of both the House and Senate in November, and passing new legislation. “We’ll send…

DeSoto Parish gets long-awaited grant to improve access to I-49 Industrial Park

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MANSFIELD, La. – DeSoto Parish police jurors learned Tuesday a long sought-after federal grant to save jobs at an industrial park by improving the access road has been funded. The process has taken two years and several sometimes-contentious meetings to get to this point. At one time, a business owner at the Interstate 49 Industrial Park said he was making alternate plans to move…