Originally appeared in the Daily Wire When I arrived in the United States Senate in 2011, the Republican Leader would often paraphrase George Washington who referred to the Senate as the saucer...
Move to End the Filibuster Now—Before Democrats Do
Originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal The U.S. Senate is broken. That U.S. federal government debt is approaching $39 trillion is only the most obvious evidence proving this...
My Plan to End Government Shutdowns Forever
Originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal The U.S. has experienced three government shutdowns since I entered the Senate in 2011. During that time Congress has passed 55 continuing...
The Ugly Truth About the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal The "One Big Beautiful Bill" that Congress is working on is certainly big, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Too often the reality of...
Is This Any Way to Run a Budget?
Originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal Unlike the federal government, families and private-sector businesses have to keep spending in line with earnings. To do so, they budget,...
Fiscal Sanity Isn’t Too Much to Hope for This Year
Originally appeared in The Wall Street JournalFederal spending is out of control. In fiscal 2019, which ran from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019, federal outlays totaled $4.447 trillion. In fiscal...
FBI Ignoring Real Threats To Election Integrity
Originally appeared in The Daily CallerI entered the Senate SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility) Sept. 25 to attend an "All Members Classified Briefing on Foreign Threats to U.S....
Schumer’s bipartisan immigration ‘deal’ is a joke
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced over the weekend that the Senate would be revisiting the border "deal" that failed miserably back in February. This is a desperate...
Questioning the science of COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Originally published here by the Washington Times.The COVID-19 pandemic has been the most disruptive and costly global event since World War II. The human toll and economic devastation are...
Joint Wisconsin Letter to the Department of Labor on Federal Unemployment Spending
Larry D. TurnerActing Inspector GeneralU.S. Department of LaborDear Acting Inspector General Turner:Since March 2020, the federal government has authorized a vast increase in federal funds for...
Vaccine Mandates Shouldn’t Be The Next COVID Policy Disaster
Originally published here by The Federalist on June 3, 2021.Evidence that the coronavirus might have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has been in plain sight since the start of the...
Getting vaccinated is a personal choice
Originally published here by the Washington Examiner on May 13, 2021.I did not enter the vaccine maelstrom voluntarily. Two months ago, a Milwaukee reporter asked me if I had received the...
Spending Blowout Imposes Costs Beyond the Enormous Price Tag
Originally published here by the Wall Street Journal on April 12, 2021.Nobody in Washington seems to care about the long-term burdens of debt and dependency. Where has all the money gone?...
Investigate Good, Existing Covid Therapies
Originally published here by the Wall Street Journal on April 11, 2021. We appreciate former FDA Commissioners Scott Gottlieb's and Mark McClellan's belated realization that a "good...
Biden’s border crisis – here are tragedies I saw during tour of Texas migrant facilities
Originally published here by Fox News on March 29, 2021.Our group of GOP senators witnessed many tragic things during two-day trip to border.During Friday's tour of the Rio Grande with 18 of my...
I Won’t Be Silenced by the Left
Originally published here by the Wall Street Journal on March 15, 2021.They twisted what I said about Jan. 6 because they want Americans to forget last summer's violence and destruction.I'm...
NIH Response to Senator Johnson on COVID-19 Treatments
January 29, 2021The Honorable Ron JohnsonChairman, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsUnited States Senate Washington, DC 20510Dear Mr. Chairman:Thank you for your commitment to...
Mainstream Media Drops All Pretense of Objectivity
In an unhinged and uninformed editorial, the Journal Sentinel called for my resignation or expulsion from the U.S. Senate. Among its many baseless charges, it accuses me of "inciting...
Eligibility Rule Letter to Senator Johnson
January 19, 2021 The Honorable Ron JohnsonUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510Dear Senator Johnson:Thank you for your interest in the urgent and important work necessary to protect...
FDA Response Letter to Senator Johnson
January 15, 2021The Honorable Ron JohnsonUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510Dear Senator Johnson:Thank you for your letter of November 23, 2020, cosigned by two of your colleagues and following...