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Mike Johnson is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Johnson has focused on various issues during his tenure, including fiscal responsibility and national security. He has been involved in legislative discussions surrounding war funding and government operations, emphasizing the need for appropriate timing and details in such matters.
Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), Chairman, Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, today announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the role of Social Security numbers in identity theft and…
Three times ought to be enough. I mean how many times have you lost your card?
The health care bill cuts Medicare Advantage by $206 billion, and those cuts are going to result in millions of seniors no longer selecting Medicare Advantage coverage either because those plans will no longer be available to some seniors…
You know, one aspect of the current fiscal debate which I don't think has received enough attention is foreign holdings of U.S. debt.
I appreciate you saying you are out to get good value for what we spend in Medicare.
Our health care delivery system needs to focus on the right procedures to the right patient at the right time and place.
Medicare generally pays more for a service in a hospital than in an ambulatory surgical center.
the health care reform law places significant restrictions on physician ownership of hospitals.
But here we are trying to reduce the size of government, and you are expanding it.
I am all for creating jobs, but how many Federal bureaucrats do we need to get the job done?
Information technology is the most important element in driving Social Security to deliver 21st century customer service. Taxpayers are investing in a $500 million upgrade and they will not tolerate cost overruns or further delays in…
The health care law cuts Medicare payments to hospitals by more than $150 billion according to our estimates.
I think you probably know that the IRS Commissioner, Douglas Shulman, does not file his own taxes in part because he believes the Tax Code is too complex.
That means to me that the average American can't fathom this Tax Code and we need to do something to fix it.
I completely agree with what both you, Senator Conrad, and you, Senator Gregg, said at the beginning about our longer-term fiscal issues.
I am very concerned that a major fiscal issue is completely missing from this discussion.
If the more difficult fiscal scenarios that you, Senator Conrad and Senator Gregg, were outlining in the beginning start to play out, we should expect an increase in long-term interest rates.
We appreciate this strong support and remain vigilant in executing our strategic deterrent mission.
I would agree that there is an impact, but it is felt most greatly in the most difficult or dangerous countries.
About 60 or 70 percent of our membership were in support of what President Obama had on the table at that time. That support has evaporated.
The dollar amount that is attached to it and the hit that we are going to take for it are not proper or correct.
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