Feb 11, 2015 | Miscellaneous, Press Releases
Washington — Sen. Ron Johnson made the following remarks honoring two Wisconsin police officers, the Oak Creek Police Department’s Lt. Brian Murphy and Officer Sevan Lenda. Lt. Murphy and Officer Lenda will be recognized for their bravery during the Sikh Temple...
Feb 11, 2015 | Immigration, Press Releases, Regulations and Oversight
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) held a hearing Wednesday titled, “Risky Business: Examining GAO’s 2015 List of High-Risk Government Programs.” Below is the...
Feb 11, 2015 | Press Releases, Regulations and Oversight
WASHINGTON – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an update on Wednesday to the High Risk List, an inventory of government operations vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement. GAO updates the High Risk List every two years at...
Feb 10, 2015 | Border Security, Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) traveled to Corpus Christi, Hidalgo and McAllen, Texas over the weekend, and met with ranchers, sheriffs and Border Patrol agents as a way of...
Feb 10, 2015 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) wrote to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Tuesday with questions raised by new information that has emerged about missing e-mails from former IRS official Lois Lerner. Senator Johnson’s staff of the Senate...