Senator calls for targeted relief to those who need it as debt climbs higherWASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) continued to press for more targeted Covid relief in an interview with...
Johnson Urges Better-Targeted Relief in Fox Interview
WASHINGTON - During an interview on ‘Fox and Friends' Wednesday, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke about the need to better target financial relief to those who truly need it and the need to...
Johnson Statement on COVID Package Vote
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this regarding his vote on the Senate's COVID omnibus package:"The...
Johnson Objects to Another Untargeted Round of Stimulus Checks
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor Friday objecting to another round of stimulus checks using the same shotgun approach as the CARES Act rather than...
Johnson Statement on Senate Coronavirus Relief Bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the following Thursday after Senate Democrats, again, blocked a coronavirus relief bill that would help unemployed workers and small...
Johnson Discusses Coronavirus Relief on Squawk Box
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" Thursday to discuss ongoing coronavirus relief negotiations and the importance of Americans getting back to work.Excerpts...
Johnson Discusses Small Business Recovery at Axios Virtual Event
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) had a conversation with Mike Allen Wednesday about the Paycheck Protection Program and the role government should play to help small businesses as...
Johnson Discusses Economy, Stimulus Funding on ‘Squawk Box’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" Thursday to discuss the importance of re-opening the American economy and the need to ensure stimulus funding makes it to...
Johnson Op-Ed: How to Fix the Paycheck Protection Program
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ron Johnson published an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal Monday calling for a review and reforms of the Paycheck Protection Program to ensure relief funds are...
Johnson Statement on Appropriations Deal
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said the following Thursday regarding his votes on a two-bill appropriations deal:"Instead of passing 12 individual appropriations, on time, in an open...
Johnson Statement on President’s Budget
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) issued the following statement regarding the president's budget proposal:"America faces enormous challenges, including our massive $20 trillion debt and...
Johnson Comments on Passage of FAA Reauthorization Act
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) praised the Senate's passage of important security provisions Wednesday when it voted to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration.The vote to concur in...
Johnson praises bill for preventing taxpayer bailout of Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) voted Wednesday for legislation to prevent taxpayer money from being used to bail out the government of Puerto Rico.The bill imposes fiscal reforms necessary...
Johnson, Alexander Lead 44 Senators in Introducing Congressional Review Act to Stop Backward ‘Time Card’ Overtime Rule
‘Time card' rule would raise college tuition, cut nonprofit services, send nation's workers backward—demoting millions of workers back to punching the clock, unable to negotiate flexible work...
Johnson, Senate Budget Committee Members Comment on President’s Budget
Obama's Final Budget Doubles Down on More Spending and DebtWASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) issued the following statement alongside Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee today...
Johnson on Why He Voted Against Budget Deal
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) made these remarks after voting no on H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015:"Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree to protect the full...
ICYMI: Johnson in Senate-House Budget Conference
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) spoke on Monday at the Senate-House Budget Committees' conference discussing the 2016 federal budget. Sen. Johnson spoke to committee members about the fiscal...
Johnson Gains Bipartisan Support in Senate Budget Committee Markup
Washington - The Senate Budget Committee approved three proposals from Sen. Ron Johnson, all of them winning support from minority members as well as the entire Republican majority. One...
Senate Budget Committee Unanimously Adopts the “Johnson Budget Window”
Washington -- The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday unanimously adopted the "Johnson budget window" - a 30-year calculation of projected federal revenue, spending and deficits, in addition to the...
ICYMI: Johnson to Donovan: ‘You’re talking about a trillion, and we are looking at 126 trillion’
Washington - Sen. Ron Johnson questioned the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Shaun Donovan, on Tuesday, Feb. 3 during a Senate Budget Committee hearing about the president's...