U.S. CONGRESSMAN BILL JOHNSON Proudly Representing Eastern and Southeastern Ohio

A local Congressman thinks if lawmakers aren't going to do their jobs, then they shouldn't be getting paid. U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-6th, recently introduced what he's calling the "Pass a Budget Now" Act. He said although lawmakers in the House have passed budgets each of the last several years, the U.S. Senate hasn't passed its own spending plan for the past three years. Read more »

VetLikeMe interviewed Bill. Johnson in February for their January-February 2012 newsletter. VetLikeMe is a national news publication for Service-Disabled Business Owners. Read more »

STEUBENVILLE - Concerned that too much federal intervention could choke Ohio's fledgling shale oil and gas drilling industry, U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, and two other members of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources were in Steubenville Monday to conduct a field hearing on hydrofracking. Read more »

SOUTH POINT, Ohio - The Point industrial park has been awarded a nearly $3 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to build a rail spur, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio Read more »

An Ohio congressman has introduced legislation that would move veteran-owned businesses closer to the front of the line when seeking contracts from the Veterans Affairs Department. Read more »

The “Pass a Budget Now Act” was introduced on Wednesday by Representative Bill Johnson. The Ohio Republican proposes to stop paying members of Congress after April 15 each year if no budget has passed, until it has. The lost pay would go toward paying off the rapidly growing U.S. debt. Read more »

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday denied meddling with an environmental review that initially found a proposed rule would cost thousands of coal jobs before contractors were allegedly pressured to change the numbers. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, pressed Salazar on the incident during a hearing before the House Natural Resources Committee. Read more »

A Congressional subcommittee will hold a field hearing Feb. 27 on "hydraulic fracturing, job creation and new American energy" at Eastern Gateway Community College's Jefferson County campus. Read more »

An Honor Flight trip last fall resulted in an honor for an Athens County man — an invitation to attend President Obama’s State of the Union address as a guest of a local congressman. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson joined Republicans in criticizing President Barack Obama for temporarily killing the Keystone XL pipeline project, saying the project would create jobs, lower energy prices and bring the nation closer to energy independence. Read more »