Member of Congress

Mike Johnson

Role
Current Representative
State
LA
Party
Republican
Leadership
Speaker of the House

Speeches

THREE MAJOR CRISES2021-05-19

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for that great reminder. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Hice), my friend from Georgia's 8th District.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank all my colleagues for participating tonight. I realize we are out of time. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the Ninth District of the great State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Amen to that. I appreciate my friend and those great comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from the Sixth District of the great State of Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) with more thoughts about Israel.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the Second District of Alabama (Mr. Moore).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cloud).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, we will keep fighting, indeed. I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from California, and I move to the great State of Texas next, the 36th District. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, that does sum it up. It is a very real crisis we face. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas' First District (Mr. Gohmert).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for his important comments. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank our conference chair from the great State of New York, and we will go across the country to the other coast to the State of California, the 25th District represented by Mr. Garcia. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garcia).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee's Eighth District (Mr. Kustoff).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bergman), who knows quite a bit about handling a crisis. He is the highest-ranking military officer ever elected to the United States Congress and also my friend.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia's 12th District (Mr. Allen).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Stefanik), our newly elected conference chairwoman.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, there are three major crises we are talking about again tonight: the economic crisis here at home, the crisis happening close to home at our southern border, and what is happening to our closest ally in the Middle East, Israel. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania's 12th District (Mr. Keller).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida's 26th District (Mr. Gimenez).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Nehls), a former sheriff.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, we are admonished even by Scripture to pray for the peace of Israel, and we will. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Minnesota's Seventh District (Mrs. Fischbach).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for those remarks on Israel. We do stand strong with them. Mr. Speaker, I yield next to the gentleman from Arkansas' Second District (Mr. Hill).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, during my time tonight, my colleagues and I will address three major crises happening here at home, happening close to home at our southern border; and happening to our closest ally in the Middle East, and that is Israel. Each of these issues that my colleagues will discuss tonight can and should be addressed in a bipartisan way. We should all want Americans to get back to work. We should all want to end the humanitarian crisis at our border, and we should all want to support one of our closest allies from terrorism. It is time for President Biden and our Democrat colleagues to work with Republicans to solve these problems for the American people and for our allies. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Tennessee's Sixth District (Mr. Rose).

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order.

Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining?

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