My First Subpoena

The first subpoena I issued as the new chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records relating to COVID-19 vaccine safety data and communications about the COVID-19 pandemic, including Dr. Anthony Fauci’s emails.

These records and data were previously withheld by the Biden administration. This is a  culmination of a multi-year fight to overcome the obstruction of the Biden administration to get unredacted records and data about the COVID-19 pandemic and the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. For years, Biden officials at HHS and its subcomponent agencies withheld crucial health information the public. Many of my 70 oversight letters were either completely ignored or inadequately addressed.

It is well past time to bring accountability and transparency back to our U.S. health agencies.

I made this announcement during Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation hearingbefore the Senate Finance Committee. Watch my call for this nomination to unify and heal our nation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joining forces with President Trump to address chronic illness was the answer to my – and millions of other Americans' – prayers. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to confirm his nomination and give him the opportunity to Make America Healthy Again.

WATCH: Sen. Johnson's entire 7-minute questioning of RFK Jr. 

WATCH: News Nation interview with Sen. Johnson on RFK Jr. hearing

SOCIAL: Daily Signal X post

SOCIAL: Eric Daugherty X post

READ: Why Sen. Johnson suggests a Secretary of Information Extraction

My Budget Proposals

My budget proposals are as close as we will ever get to zero-based budgeting. Use one of the pre-pandemic spending levels as a starting point instead of starting at $7 trillion and suffering death by a thousand cuts. I’ve suggested using $5.5 trillion (which would match Biden’s projected revenue) and add if we must.

If we use President Trump's projected FY2025 outlays, plus Biden’s projected FY2025 spending for Social Security, Medicare, and Interest, then FY2025 outlays would equal $6.1 trillion. This will dramatically reduce the deficit, and put us in a position where actually balancing the budget is entirely doable.

We've got to bring spending down. It's not a revenue problem, it's a spending problem.

We just released the text of the Senate’s fiscal year 2025 budget resolution. 

This will be the blueprint that unlocks the pathway for a fully paid-for reconciliation bill to secure the border, bolster our military, increase American energy independence, and begin the process of fiscal sanity.

WATCH: Newsmax interview on budget battle

WATCH: "I have greater faith in Elon Musk to root out waste, fraud, and abuse than unelected bureaucrats who refuse to be held accountable."

READ: Sen. Johnson's Wall Street Journal op-ed on fiscal sanity

SOCIAL: Sen. Johnson's X post response to Elon Musk

WATCH: Badger Institute Speaker Series — Forthright facts from the Senate’s pre-eminent accountant

ICYMI Podcast Interviews

I joined the Megyn Kelly Show to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination and restoring integrity to science. We need to make sure that the data is transparent and that everybody has a seat at the table.

On the Steve Deace Show, I talked about why ALL of Trump's cabinet appointments must be approved and why we must balance the budget with out-of-the-box thinking. 

On the Daily Signal podcast, I sat down with Fred Lucas to talk about serving as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. I told him I'll be like a mosquito in a nudist colony — it's a target rich environment!