Ron Johnson
U.S. Senator · Wisconsin · Republican · Chair, Budget
Statements and posts
121 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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Pick a week or a day to set the dates below. One count per message: copies of one post on X and Bluesky count once, and reposts aren’t counted. Shading is scaled to Johnson’s own volume over the last 12 months (a typical active day = 1). Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 6, 2026.
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Held roundtable discussion on COVID-19 hospital protocols with patients, families, doctors and nurses.
“Rigid adherence to hospital protocols – rarely questioned – became the norm, which many doctors saw as violating the Hippocratic Oath’s core duty: patients first, not protocols. Far too often, the stories of COVID-19 hospitalizations were horrific … Patients lost their freedom.”
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Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act
Madam President, reserving the right to object, I would like to make two points. First of all, the law that is at stake here that we are discussing is the Impoundment Control Act--surprisingly, very poorly written. The good Senator from Oregon said that the Government Accountability Office--the…
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Announced roundtable discussion on COVID-19 hospital protocols and patient mistreatment during pandemic.
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Announced roundtable discussion on COVID-19 hospital protocols and patient mistreatment.
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Released email showing FDA official expressing concern over COVID-19 vaccine adverse events.
“no one takes them seriously, no one knows how to treat them, and there is no effort to study this”
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Senators Johnson, Paul Release Additional Texts from Dr. Fauci’s Government iPhone
Released text messages from Dr. Fauci's government phone regarding COVID-19 vaccine concerns.
“I am corrected on pregnancy studies. Initial Studies avoid vaccination in first trimester due to possible fever and higher rates of miscarriage in first trimester[.]”
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Chairman Johnson Requests DOJ Investigate California Ballot Fraud
Requested DOJ investigate potential ballot fraud in Los Angeles involving cash-for-signatures scheme.
“These entities’ apparent actions risk undermining confidence in our democratic process”
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ICYMI: Sen. Johnson Joins The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and America Reports
Discussed Dr. Fauci's text messages on media appearances regarding vaccine safety concerns.
“Anthony Fauci knew about potential cytokine storms impacting the first trimester in miscarriages [and] told no one about it because it would create vaccine hesitancy.”
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Senators Johnson, Paul Release Initial Texts from Dr. Fauci’s Government iPhone
Released text messages from Dr. Fauci's government phone obtained in oversight investigation.
“theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester”
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Voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
“If these investigations are one-sided, it’s because one side simply doesn’t want to look at the truth.”
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AGOA EXTENSION ACT--Motion to Proceed--Continued
Mr. President, my fine State of Wisconsin has a gray wolf population problem, but that was not always the case. Back in the eighties and nineties, we had the opposite problem. We had an endangered wolf population, as probably most of the lower 48 States did. So back in 1978, under the Endangered…
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Requested transcribed interviews with Dr. Fauci and FDA officials on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy.
“I hope that you will be cooperative and fully transparent regarding your involvement and knowledge of these issues”
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Sen. Johnson Named Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget
Named chairman of Senate Budget Committee following Senator Lindsey Graham's death.
“As chairman for the remainder of the year, I intend to maximize this opportunity to define the fiscal challenge we face, help expose the fraud in government programs, and work with the House, the White House, and my Senate colleagues to enact as much of President Trump’s agenda as possible.”
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Released records showing Jack Smith's team obtained texts from 44 congressional members.
“This is yet another grotesque example of the Biden administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department”
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Requested documents from medical journal on removal of article about vaccines and sudden infant death.
“The decision to remove this peer-reviewed article five years after the article was first published raises questions about the integrity of the scientific review process at the journal”
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Questioned CDC's $1.24 billion Pfizer vaccine contracts amid FDA safety concerns.
“The decision to award these contracts raises questions about CDC’s commitment to vaccine safety”
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Sen. Johnson Leads Senate Passage of National Sarcoma Awareness Month Resolution
Led Senate passage of resolution designating July as National Sarcoma Awareness Month.
“I am pleased that my resolution passed the Senate in honor of Melissa Locke and the countless other Americans who have struggled with the life-threatening disease sarcoma. I hope we can continue to increase awareness of this complex form of cancer that is diagnosed thousands of times each year”
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Sen. Johnson Introduces Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act
Introduced bill to expand access to individualized, patient-specific therapies outside FDA approval process.
“I championed Right to Try to provide hope and freedom to those with terminal illnesses by giving them access to experimental treatments without waiting for full FDA approval. The original Right to Try Act was about giving terminal patients a fighting chance by cutting through red tape.”
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Held hearing on alleged mechanisms of COVID-19 vaccines causing cancer and scientific publication attacks.
“The testimony [of] today’s hearing raises the question of whether Big Pharma might also be funding individuals who troll scientific research that runs counter to its goals and narratives.”
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Announced hearing on COVID-19 vaccine safety and scientific publication attacks.
“Plausible Mechanisms of COVID-19 Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research.”
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Held hearing alleging Biden health officials ignored COVID-19 vaccine safety signals.
“Peter Marks, with the knowledge that he was treating vaccine injuries, and they weren’t mild injuries. These were life-threatening injuries. These are total disability–type of injuries. So, he knew it. He was treating them. He knew that his safety surveillance system was masking these signals ….”
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Demanded HHS accelerate production of records on COVID-19 vaccine pediatric deaths.
“We must speed up the discovery process. As a result, I am requesting, at your earliest convenience, a meeting with you and the officials within HHS that can discuss how to make that happen”
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Held hearing on FDA failure to detect COVID-19 vaccine safety signals.
“Peter Marks, with the knowledge that he was treating vaccine injuries, and they weren’t mild injuries. These were life-threatening injuries. These are total disability–type of injuries. So, he knew it. He was treating them. He knew that his safety surveillance system was masking these signals ....”
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Recommended two candidates for U.S. attorney positions in Wisconsin's Eastern and Western Districts.
“I appreciate the hard work and dedication of Brad Schimel, who continues to serve the people of Wisconsin and remains fully committed to his role as first assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin”
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Released report and announced hearing on FDA's alleged failure to detect COVID-19 vaccine safety signals.
“I think that because of the FOIAs [Freedom of Information Act requests] we may have asked FDA to stop sending these weekly data mining outputs.”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.