Op-Eds and Blogs

In six years of traveling around Wisconsin, I have yet to visit a manufacturing company that can find enough people to meet their hiring needs, but you look at neighborhoods in Milwaukee and still...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade deal involving the United States and 11 other countries, involving about 40% of the world's markets. It's meant to encourage trade, which is important for...

Originally published here in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on March 12, 2016.I'm proud of how Sen. Tammy Baldwin and I worked together, at least for a while, to fill judicial vacancies on...

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Originally published here in the Duluth News Tribune on Feb. 3, 2016.If you want to hear about a federal program that has succeeded — maybe too well — you should hear what Wisconsinites...

Here are some of the videos from Senator Johnson's visits throughout the various 72 counties. La Crosse, Vernon & Columbia Counties:  Adventures in Dairyland, Ron's Farm Breakfast...

Originally published here in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Dec. 2, 2015.WASHINGTON — The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" — Obamacare — has completely failed to live up to its name....

Nov. 28th, 2015Originally published here in the Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 28, 2015.This time of year I am fortunate to live near a variety of family-owned businesses where I can purchase holiday...

 Past Events Friday, Oct. 23, 2015What:  A&E ToolsTime:  11:30 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Location: 5501 21 st St., Racine Friday, Oct. 9,...

Sept. 11th, 2015"Instead of accepting the West's outstretched hand of friendship for the benefit of the Russian people, Putin took advantage of our good intentions to consolidate his hold on...

"I have repeatedly stated that I believe President Obama lost the negotiation with Iran before it ever began.  By acknowledging Iran's right to enrich uranium instead of demanding the...

CHECK OUT PAST EVENTS!Friday, Sept.4, 2015What: Public Town Hall in Richland CenterTime: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.Location: Richland Center City Hall, 450 S. Main St., Richland...

A long-term, bipartisan highway bill, known as the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act (DRIVE), passed the U.S. Senate last week by a vote of 65-34, with Senator...

The name of Obamacare's enacting law, the Affordable Care Act, is looking more than ever like a case of consumer fraud. Insurers offering coverage on its government-run "exchanges" are asking...

An inside look at Sen. Johnson's recent adventures in America's dairyland. 

Thank you for wanting to learn more about Senator Johnson's bill to help America transition past the poorly written and disastrously implemented Affordable Care Act. Senator Johnson's proposed...

May 29th, 2015 "It would also give America an informed choice in the 2016 election between Obamacare and an affordable replacement."Originally published here in USA Today, May 27,...

May 22, 2015 "The best response we've heard comes from Mr. Johnson and has broad support among Senate Republicans."Originally published here in the Wall Street Journal.How to prevent...

May 23 Memorial Day Program at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spoonerhttp://dva.state.wi.us/Cem-northern.asp May 24 Memorial Day Program at Southern Wisconsin...

On tax deadline day, April 15, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified before my committee about the IRS' implementation of Obamacare.The IRS, probably the most feared civilian agency of the...