– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – today delivered the following remarks ahead of voting against House Democrats’ partisan policing legislation. The bill, H.R. 7120, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee… Read more »
U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – today led a coalition of 30 members calling on the House Clerk to update congress.gov to reflect which members are employing proxies to vote on their behalf.
In a letter to the House Clerk Cheryl L. Johnson, the members noted that when the… Read more »
– U.S. Representatives Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – and Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) today introduced the Proxy Vote Windfall Prohibition Act.
When H. Res. 965, a House rule change, passed the House on May 5th, Members were given the option not to travel to Washington, D.C. for votes and… Read more »
– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – delivered remarks at the House Judiciary Committee markup calling for Republican input on H.R. 7120, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.
Congressman Johnson delivered the following remarks:
“What we need… Read more »
Frustrated with the amount of time it’s taking for funding to be secured and work to start on Shreveport’s Inner-City Connector project, federal, state, and local leaders joined Shreveport business and community leaders for a virtual press conference to push for movement on the project.
“We haven’t even reached the first milestone yet,” U.S. Rep. Mike… Read more »
BOSSIER, La. – U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) and local leaders held a virtual press conference after sending a letter to Governor John Bel Edwards, Louisiana DOT Secretary Shawn Wilson, Louisiana Division Administrator Wes Bollinger, Providence Engineering Interim CEO Rich Major, and Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments Executive Director Kent… Read more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Eviction bans across the country and here at home are beginning to expire, or will soon, during this coronavirus pandemic.
Between that fact and an estimated unemployment rate of 16 percent by late this summer, a new study predicts homelessness will jump by 40 to 45 percent by the end of the year. That’s according to an analysis by Columbia University… Read more »
The coronavirus pandemic has brought a lot of attention in Washington to the Chinese Communist Party and its behavior, especially its influence operations inside the United States. Lawmakers are now calling for action against Beijing’s “United Front” activities, which are designed to interfere in our politics and society without our realizing it.
Lots of countries try to spread… Read more »
– U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-04) – the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties – today delivered opening remarks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing. The witnesses included Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd; and Angela Underwood Jacobs, the sister of Federal Protective Services… Read more »
The push by some far-left activists to defund local police departments found no support at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability.
Wednesday's hearing, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department, heard from a range of ideologically disparate… Read more »
