Recent News About Ron Johnson
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Defense Credit Union Council to Sens. Baldwin, Johnson: Proposed credit card regs ‘will risk military financial readiness’
An association representing U.S. military credit unions sent a letter to Wisconsin’s U.S. Senators in opposition to proposed credit card regulations pending in the U.S. Senate.
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Gov. Evers Releases Statement Regarding Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Resuming Abortion Care for Patients
Governor: “I will never let up. And we must not let up. Our fight to restore the same reproductive rights and freedoms Wisconsinites had up until the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe must continue.”
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Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Opens Inquiry Into Coast Guard’s Lack of Transparency on Sexual Assault Investigation
U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have opened an inquiry into the Coast Guard Academy’s mishandling of sexual assault investigations and its failure to disclose the results of its sexual assault investigation to Congress or the public.
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Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below.
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Sen. Johnson and GOP Colleagues Demand Answers from CIA Director about COVID-19 Origins Investigation
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Sen. Rand Paul M.D. (R-Ky.) and his GOP colleagues in sending a letter to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J. Burns, requesting information on the recent whistleblower allegations related to the CIA’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
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Sens. Johnson and Blumenthal Seek Complete Records of Saudi Arabia’s Role in 9/11 Attacks
Ahead of the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and as part of an ongoing inquiry into Saudi Arabia’s attempts to influence United States, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) asked Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide the complete, unredacted records of Saudi Arabia’s role in the attacks and requested a full explanation of any ongoing need for classification of any portions of these records.
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Sens. Johnson and Grassley Continue Two-Year Inquiry into Joe Biden’s Use of Pseudonyms and Personal Email Addresses for Official Government Business
On Tuesday, U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote to Colleen Shogan, the Archivist of the United States, demanding that the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provide records and responses to the senators’ two year-inquiry regarding then-Vice President Joe Biden’s apparent use of pseudonyms and personal email addresses for official government business.
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Sen. Johnson: 'What are they hiding?'
Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson used the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to ask why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has halted the reporting of new adverse events associated with COVID-19 vaccines under the program called V-Safe.
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Sen. Johnson Announces Mobile Office Hours
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) announced that his staff will be available for mobile office hours at the times and locations listed below.
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Sen. Johnson Demands Transparency from HHS Inspector General; Calls for Investigation into Mishandling of COVID-19 Related Records
On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Inspector General (HHS IG) Christi Grimm calling for an investigation into potential abuses of federal record keeping procedures at HHS and its sub-agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
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Sens. Johnson and Grassley Reveal Defense Agency and Georgia Tech Research May Have Targeted RNC, DNC Networks Without Their Knowledge
On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, wrote to Dr. Stephanie Tompkins, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), regarding a recently uncovered email that exposed a project targeting Republican National Committee (RNC) and Democratic National Committee (DNC) networks.
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Johnson: 'How many died needlessly?'
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson used the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, to criticize the FDA's lack of approval for utilizing Ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, highlighting that the agency now seems to acknowledge its viability 3 years later. Johnson's post included a video interview where he participated in a segment called 'Mornings with Maria' on Fox News, delving into the purported FDA recognition of Ivermectin's potential usage.
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Johnson: "The scourge of fentanyl must be defeated."
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson utilized platform X, previously referred to as Twitter, to express his appreciation for the local organization Saving Others For Archie, which arranged an event centered around addressing the opioid crisis. The event took place during last weekend's Lake Country Dockhounds baseball game.
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Sen. Johnson Leads Letter Urging Democrat Committee Chairmen to Investigate and Hold Hearings on Human Trafficking
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) led the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary; Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, calling for increased oversight and investigations into human trafficking.
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Sen. Johnson Releases Statement on Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released the following statement after voting for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Sen. Johnson to Sec. Austin: DOD’s “Pattern of Deception” Regarding its Medical Database is Unacceptable
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding the data integrity issues on the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED).
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Sen. Johnson and Lawmakers Demand Investigation into IRS Whistleblower Retaliation in Hunter Biden Probe
A bicameral group of senior lawmakers is calling for an immediate review of reported reprisal against investigators who raised concern about the Hunter Biden investigation.
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Johnson, Blumenthal Announce Witnesses to Appear at July 11 Hearing on Proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf Agreement
On July 3, 2023, U.S. U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chairman Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced that the following witnesses will appear at a hearing, The PGA-LIV Deal: Implications for the Future of Golf and Saudi Arabia’s Influence in the United States, on July 11, 2023
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Gov. Evers Releases Statement Regarding the Anniversary of the Overturning of Roe V. Wade
Gov. Tony Evers today released a video statement ahead of the one-year anniversary of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey and ruling the U.S. Constitution confers no right to an abortion. The decision upended the constitutional right to abortion that Wisconsinites and Americans relied upon for nearly 50 years.
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Sens. Johnson and Blumenthal Invite PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and the Saudi Public Investment Fund to Testify at Hearing on Proposed Agreement
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the ranking member and chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, invited PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Public Investment Fund Governor Yasir al-Rumayyan, and LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman to testify at a hearing of the subcommittee on July 11, 2023.