Category: Sen. Ron Johnson

Five GOP Senators Seek Info From NIH Acting Director on Royalty Payments to Feds

Five Republican senators have asked National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Lawrence Tabak for a comprehensive accounting of every royalty payment by an outside source to an employee of the federal agency since 2009. “We believe that the American taxpayer deserves to know 1) the degree to which government doctors and researchers have a…


Sen. Ron Johnson Demands Answers From CDC Over Alleged Tracking of Americans During Pandemic

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has launched a probe into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over its alleged tracking of millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on May 5, Johnson questioned the agency’s alleged use of location data and demanded answers regarding why this was…


Dems Sue to Disqualify 3 GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role in Insurrection, Election Manipulation

Democratic Party activists in Wisconsin filed suit in federal court, arguing that a pro-Trump senator and two pro-Trump congressmen should be barred from office for speaking out on 2020 election irregularities and allegedly attempting to manipulate the congressional certification of the presidential election results. The Wisconsin Republican lawmakers targeted by the suit are two-term Sen….


Democrats Sue to Disqualify 3 GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role in Insurrection, Election Manipulation

Democratic Party activists in Wisconsin have filed a suit in federal court arguing that a pro-Trump senator and two pro-Trump congressmen should be barred from office for speaking out on 2020 election irregularities and allegedly attempting to manipulate the congressional certification of the presidential election results. The Wisconsin Republican lawmakers targeted by the suit are…


Republican Lawmakers Question Attacks on Ivermectin as COVID-19 Treatment

WASHINGTON–A group of Republican lawmakers threw their support behind doctors who advocate for the right to try ivermectin, an inexpensive antiparasitic drug, for treating COVID-19. Ivermectin is the latest drug caught in controversy after demand surged dramatically in August. Physician and pharmacist groups, including the American Medical Association “strongly oppose” the prescribing of ivermectin to treat COVID-19…


Surgeon General: FDA Vaccine Approval Will Likely Lead to More Vaccine Mandates

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told Fox News on Sunday that the FDA’s final approval of the Pfizer vaccine will likely result in more businesses and universities initiating vaccine mandates to prevent the spread of the virus. “The full approval of the Pfizer vaccine … is important for a couple of reasons, … number one,…


Surgeon General: FDA Vaccine Approval Will Likely Lead to More Mandates

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will likely result in more businesses and universities initiating vaccine mandates. “The full approval of the Pfizer vaccine … is important for a couple of reasons, … number one, there were some people who may…


Fauci, HHS ‘Hiding Something’ With Redacted Emails: Sen. Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday suggested that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci are “hiding something” from Americans by redacting key information in correspondence that the public “deserves to have.” “The redactions in Dr. Fauci’s emails are hiding something. They need to be transparent. This…


Sen. Ron Johnson: The 180-Degree Turn on the COVID Lab Leak Theory

The COVID-19 lab leak theory—once widely labeled as a “conspiracy theory”—is now back at the forefront of national discussion. After growing calls to investigate the virus’s origins, on May 26, President Joe Biden issued a statement saying the U.S. intelligence community is divided on whether the virus emerged from a natural source or a lab accident….


Trump Endorses Sen. Ron Johnson, Encourages Him to Run for 3rd Term

Former President Donald Trump gave an enthusiastic endorsement of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) Thursday, calling on him to run for a third term in the Senate. The Wisconsin senator has not made his decision public yet. “Even though he has not yet announced that he is running, and I certainly hope he does, I am…