WASHINGTON, September 2, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would require the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to coordinate with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to create an unclassified report regarding the true origins of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, September 2, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would require the Department of Defense to formulate a plan to more closely coordinate with the Census Bureau so that servicemembers will be more accurately counted in each Decennial Census.
The amendment was accepted by the… Read more »
“Without substantial and robust emergency appropriations from Congress . . . Louisiana families will continue to languish as a result of these devastating storms.”
BATON ROUGE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Reps. Clay Higgins (R-La.), Steve Scalise (R-La.), Mike Johnson (R-La.), Garret Graves (R-La.), Julia Letlow (R-La.) and Troy Carter (D-La.),… Read more »
The Louisiana congressional delegation, including fiscally conservative Republicans, on Thursday called on Congress to pass emergency-funding legislation to help the state recover from Hurricane Ida and other recent storms.
An Ida bill would add one more item to an already hectic September for Congress, which must avert a looming government shutdown and a debt default as… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and John Kennedy (R-LA), and U.S. Representatives Steve Scalise (R-LA-1), Garret Graves (R-LA-6), Mike Johnson (R-LA-4), Clay Higgins (R-LA-3), Julia Letlow (R-LA-5) and Troy Carter (D-LA-2) urged President Joe Biden to grant a major disaster declaration for Louisiana following Hurricane Ida, which made landfall along the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04) and the entire Louisiana congressional delegation delivered a letter to President Biden today urging him to approve Louisiana’s request for a federal emergency declaration ahead of Hurricane Ida.
“We write in support of the federal emergency declaration request submitted by Governor John Bel Edwards in preparation for Hurricane… Read more »
While the attention of our country is focused on the shocking disaster in Afghanistan, an open southern border collapsed into chaos, skyrocketing inflation, and a lingering pandemic, Democrats in Washington are working to enact the largest, most reckless spending package in America’s history—with a price tag of $4.7 trillion.
It is a sad reality today that Congress no longer operates the… Read more »
BOSSIER, August 20, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced that Allen Parish will receive $2,814,244 for debris removal operations resulting from the destruction of Hurricane Laura.
“I’m grateful for this announcement of federal dollars for Hurricane Laura cleanup efforts. These critical funds will help our area get back on track, but there is still much… Read more »
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee demanded President Biden provide Congress with a plan to prevent terror groups from using Afghanistan as a "safe haven" after the Taliban takeover, while criticizing his response to the worsening security and humanitarian situation unfolding.
The top Republican on the committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, along with his GOP colleagues… Read more »
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2021 — United States Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) today released the following statement on the ongoing situation in Afghanistan:
“The American people awoke this morning to yet another incomprehensible and utterly avoidable disaster created by the incompetent Biden Administration.
“After 20 years, trillions of dollars, and thousands of American lives… Read more »
