Mike Johnson
U.S. Representative for Louisiana
James Michael Johnson was born in January 1972 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He earned an undergraduate degree and a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University. He became a constitutional lawyer, serving as senior counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom prior to his political career.
Johnson founded a nonprofit legal ministry and served on the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Johnson won the 8th District seat of the Louisiana House of Representatives unopposed.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, assuming office in January 2017. He has won reelection three times. He was voted Speaker of the House of Representatives in October 2023 after Kevin McCarthy was removed from the position.
He is married to Kelly, and they have five children. He is a Baptist.
In the News…
Congress is poised to prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars for gender transition surgeries through the military’s health care program, Tricare, under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The bill states, “Medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization may not be provided to a child under the age of 18.”
“Taxpayer dollars should never be used to support procedures and treatments that could permanently harm and sterilize young people,” House Speaker Johnson stated. “In this year’s NDAA, we’re taking a critical and necessary step to protect the children of American service members from radical gender ideology and experimental drugs.”
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Representative Johnson today? You can let him know at:
The Honorable Mike Johnson
Representative for Louisiana
568 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
