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U.S. Representative Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency: Read more »

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) questioned two witnesses, Ben Lieberman, Senior Fellow, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Lucian Pugliaresi, President, Energy Policy Research Foundation during last week’s House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy hearing: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson made a stop in Cadiz Friday morning as he hosted a tour of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Mine Safety Training Center alongside other members of the Congressional Western Caucus. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-6, spent Friday introducing two of his colleagues to how Ohio has developed a thriving energy sector since oil and gas companies drilled into the Utica-Point Pleasant shale formation more than a decade ago. Read more »

Families in Eastern Ohio and across the United States are experiencing record-high gas prices, and — as wars wage around the world — it is increasingly apparent that our energy supply chain is at risk. This is a direct result of the misguided and anti-American energy agenda being implemented by President Biden and his Administration. Read more »

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) questioned the Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, during today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Biden Administration’s 2023 Department of Energy budget request: Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after speaking at, and questioning, leaders from major oil and gas companies at an Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing: This afternoon, I told leaders of major oil and gas companies today that they’ve got a great story to tell – they just need to tell it – to counter the lies and mis... Read more »

For the past five years, the American public has heard quite a bit about “Russian collusion” and “Russian interference.” Most of that had to do with the cooked-up allegations against President Trump. But, there is evidence that supports real Russian interference, only it involves our energy industry. Read more »

Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) appeared on Newsmax calling to strengthen fentanyl trafficking penalties as the Biden Administration announced plans to lower them. Representing a part of the country where fentanyl has caused great harm, Johnson said that the Biden Administration’s efforts to lower fentanyl trafficking penalties lacked common sense and agreed that the Biden Administration’s plan ... Read more »

WASHINGTON –Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after questioning Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during the House Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee Hearing: “We are seeing an all-out push to regulate and legislate America’s cheap and abundant coal, oil and natural gas resources out of existence. There have been many examples of this assault, including t... Read more »