WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) examined the burden of federal regulation on the American economy in a hearing...
Opening Statement of Chairman Ron Johnson
"Improving the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Independence of Inspectors General" As prepared for delivery:Good morning and welcome.Inspectors General (IGs) are statutorily tasked with a...
Johnson Holds Hearing About Federal Watchdogs
"Improving the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Independence of Inspectors General"WASHINGTON - The Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) heard from inspectors general...
Johnson, Lankford Call on GAO to Review Administration’s Executive Action
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Subcommittee Chairman James Lankford (R-Okla.) called...
Johnson: Federal Court Strengthens Argument That President Obama Overreached With Executive Amnesty
Washington - Senator Ron Johnson made the following remarks today after learning a federal district court ruled against President Obama's executive overreach:"The federal district court ruling and...
Opening Statement of Chairman Ron Johnson Risky Business: Examining GAO’s 2015 List of High Risk Government Programs
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...
Members Respond to 2015 GAO High Risk Report
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...
Chairman Seeks Information to Examine Undue Outside Influences on FCC
Washington — Chairman Ron Johnson sent a letter today to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting information that will allow an examination of whether undue outside pressures,...
Chairman, Ranking Member Plan Hearing and Press Conference: Risky Business: Examining GAO’s 2015 List of High Risk Government Programs
WASHINGTON - On Feb. 11, 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will release an update to the High Risk List, an inventory of government operations vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse and...
Chairman Sends Letter to EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Proposed ‘Waters of the United States’ Rule
WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson sent letters today to the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' commanding general and chief of engineers...
Johnson Elected Chairman of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC)
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Senate Republican Conference ratified Sen. Ron Johnson as the 4th Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, following a vote by...
Radio Release: Johnson Remarks on HSGAC Plans
Washington, D.C. - Senator Johnson made these remarks about his plans for the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee in the new congress.Senator Johnson, what are your top...
Johnson Comments on Obama Administration’s Heavy-Handed Regulations
Oshkosh, WI - Sen. Johnson made these remarks in response to the White House's support for heavy-handed regulation of the Internet:"Last week, voters across the country rejected the president's...
Video Reform Bill Advances in Senate
Washington, D.C. — The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday advanced a bill that will preserve local signals for satellite subscribers and help provide...
Senators Heller, Johnson Call for Congress, Not FCC, to Take Lead on Net Neutrality
FCC Commissioner Pai echoes need for strong congressional role at FCC vote today Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) released the following...
Johnson Comments on Minimum Wage Vote
Washington, D.C. - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) made these remarks after voting against cloture on the motion to proceed to S.2223, a bill to raise the minimum wage:"We all want Americans to earn...
Conservatives United Behind Senator Johnson’s Obamacare Lawsuit
Washington, D.C. - Senator Johnson made the following comments today in response to a letter sent to all U.S. senators urging them to sign onto an amicus brief in support of his lawsuit against...
Murphy, Johnson Resolution Condemns Turkish Government for Blocking Twitter, Stifling Free Speech
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, and U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations...
Johnson Responds to Obama Administration’s Decision to Cede Oversight of ICANN
Washington, D.C. - Senator Johnson released the following remarks on the decision of President Obama's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to relinquish oversight...
Johnson Joins More Than 140,000 Against IRS Regulation Stifling Free Speech
Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, Senator Johnson urged the IRS to abandon a cynical, unconstitutional attempt to limit free speech by joining 140,000 Americans in submitting a comment to the IRS on a...