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.
Johnson 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.
Johnson is married to Kelly, and they have five children. He is a Baptist.
In the News…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that congressional hearings would be held regarding the lethal military strikes that have been conducted in the Caribbean. When asked if he thought a recent follow-up strike constituted a war crime, he cited drone strikes under President Barack Obama as a precedent.
“I’m not going to prejudge any of that,” Speaker Johnson said. “I will say that, you know, it’s not an unprecedented thing.”
“One of the things I was reminded of this morning is that under Barack Obama, President Obama, he had — I think there were 550 drone strikes on people who were targeted as enemies of the country,” he continued. “Secondary strikes are not unusual. It has to happen if a mission is going to be completed.”
Speaker Johnson concluded, “It’s something Congress will look at, and we’ll do that in the regular process and order. I think it’s very important for everybody to reserve judgment and not leap to conclusions until you have all the facts.”
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The Honorable Mike Johnson
Representative for Louisiana
521 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
