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Johnson Advocates for Defense Community Projects

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WASHINGTON, April 22, 2022 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) submitted a community project funding request for Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center: Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center — Construction of a new Joint Operations Center Recipient: Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center, Department of the Army Recipient Address: 7033…

Johnson, Arrington Lead Colleagues in Filing Title 42 Amicus Brief

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WASHINGTON, April 21, 2022 — This week, Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Congressman Jodey C. Arrington (TX-19) filed an amicus brief with 52 Members of Congress and the Texas Public Policy Foundation in support of the Title 42 injunction lawsuit filed by Louisiana, Arizona, and Missouri Attorneys General.   “The Biden Administration has announced that it will likely…

Army scrambles to find new recruits at the same time it boots vaccine refusers

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When the Army announced last month it would be temporarily reducing the size of its force over the next two years by 12,000 soldiers, from 485,000 down to 473,000, it blamed the difficulty of recruiting in a red-hot job market coupled with the inability to reach high school seniors isolated by COVID-19 restrictions. “Like every other employer in the economy, we're facing, obviously,…

Arrington, Johnson demand enforcement of immigration rules in Title 42 amicus brief

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WASHINGTON, DC (NEWS RELEASE) - This week, Reps. Jodey C. Arrington (TX-19) and Mike Johnson (LA-04) filed an amicus brief, with 52 Members of Congress, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, in support of the Title 42 injunction lawsuit filed by Louisiana, Arizona, and Missouri Attorneys General. “Biden’s decision to end Title 42 - the last effective measure for securing our border -…

Americans’ 3 Big Concerns Are Inflation, Immigration, and Incompetence, Rep. Mike Johnson Says

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Americans are worried about “three I’s” right now: inflation, immigration, and general incompetence, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., says. Citizens across the country are “deeply concerned about grocery prices and the price of fuel to fill up the gas tank,” Johnson says. “And they see the wave of illegal migrants coming over the border, and they don’t see any end to it. They’re frustrated…

Biden signs Act giving Liberty Annex to city

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President Joseph Biden signed the Save the Liberty Theatre Act allowing the transfer of the building’s annex ownership from the National Park Service to the city. U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., announced the signing on Tuesday. Kennedy introduced the legislation in the Senate and U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Benton, guided it through the House. “I’m grateful that we could finally get…

Johnson Joins Members of Louisiana Delegation in Urging Biden Administration to Help Crawfish Farmers

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Bossier, La. – United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today joined members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation in urging Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to grant assistance to Louisiana crawfish farmers recovering from natural disaster damage. The lawmakers point out that, in early 2021, Louisiana experienced a historic deep freeze that caused six deaths,…

Johnson Advocates for Defense Community Projects

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WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) submitted a community project funding request for Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center: Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center — Construction of a new Joint Operations Center Recipient: Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center, Department of the Army …

GOP demands ‘experts’ who dismissed Hunter Biden laptop fess up — or face subpoenas

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WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee Republicans are demanding that 51 former intelligence operatives divulge information about their 2020 statement that documents from Hunter Biden’s laptop could be Russian disinformation — with a senior GOP aide telling The Post that the ex-spies should expect subpoenas next year if they fail to comply. All 19 Republicans on the panel signed a…

GOP Representatives Push to Terminate House Contract with Citigroup

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A group of Republican congressmen has sent a letter to the chief administrative officer of the House of Representatives, urging the office to terminate the House’s contract with banking giant Citigroup. The letter came on the heels of Citigroup’s announcement that it will cover travel expenses for employees who travel out of state for an abortion. Citi is the sole financial…