"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...