US Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI)
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Recent News About US Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI)
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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.
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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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Senate Passes Sen. Johnson’s Resolution Designating July as National Sarcoma Awareness Month
On Tuesday, the Senate passed U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) resolution designating July as National Sarcoma Awareness Month by unanimous consent.
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Sen. Johnson Joins Colleagues to Bring Whole Milk Access to All Schools
Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and a bipartisan group of senators in introducing legislation that amends the Richard Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools participating in the program to serve whole milk as part of the National School Lunch Program.
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Sen. Johnson and Rep. Tiffany Call on Lac du Flambeau Tribal Leaders, Administration to Negotiate in Good Faith
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) issued the following statement in response to the Lac du Flambeau tribe’s reported refusal to participate in mediation efforts to bring an end to a months-long dispute over local road access.
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Sen. Johnson Reintroduces Legislation to Delist Gray Wolf as Endangered Species
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), along with three of his Republican colleagues, reintroduced legislation to return management of gray wolf populations to the states and delist the gray wolf as endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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Wisconsin Senators Recommend Candidates to the White House for Federal Judgeship on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson announced today their agreement to recommend to the White House two candidates for consideration to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin Senators Recommend Candidates to the White House for Federal Judgeship on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) announced today their agreement to recommend to the White House two candidates for consideration to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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Sens. Johnson and Grassley Urge Investigation of Retaliation and IRS Failure to Inform Employees of their Rights as Whistleblowers
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Sen Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Russell George and another letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel regarding a recent IRS email instructing employees on how to report potential wrongdoing.
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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 Introduces the Safe Routes Act of 2023
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) introduced the Safe Routes Act of 2023.
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Sen. Johnson Joins Rep. Burgess in Podcast Conversation on Fifth Anniversary of the Signing of Right to Try
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) on the latest episode of Doctor in the House.
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Johnson and Grassley to Durham: Why Did Former FBI Officials Not Cooperate With Your Investigation?
On Tuesday, 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, sent a letter to Special Counsel John Durham raising questions about why former high-level government officials refused to cooperate with his investigation.
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Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Hagerty, Colleagues in Reintroducing Legislation to End Government Collusion with Big Tech to Censor Americans’ Speech
On May 18, 2023, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and four of their Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Disclose Government Censorship Act.
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Senator Johnson Joins Colleagues in Public Comment Defending Women’s Sports
On Monday, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Senate colleagues in filing a public comment opposing the Department of Education proposed rule to expand Title IX to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports.
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Sen. Johnson Joins Colleagues in Demanding Transparency from Biden on Plans for Taxpayer-Funded Voter Mobilization
On May 10, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and 12 of their Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a full accounting of all federal funding used to implement Executive Order 14019 on “Promoting Access to Voting,” which directs federal agencies to submit strategic plans to the White House describing how they will use taxpayer-funded resources to, among other things, “provide access to voter registration services and vote-by-mail ballot applications in the course of activities or services that directly engage with the public.”