Press Release

Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in the cases Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. “It’s shameful to know that after numerous waivers, delays and changes made to Obamacare over the past four years; the only mandate the Obama Administration will strictly implement involves forcing religious groups and businesses like Hobby Lobby to violate deeply held personal beli... Read more

In response to U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson’s (TX-03) ongoing effort to provide North Texas veterans with a medical clinic in Collin County, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs notified Johnson that he secured a new VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) for North Dallas. The new VA Clinic will serve the residents of Collin and surrounding counties, and will be located in Plano. In response to constituent concern, the growing veteran population in North Texas, and personally experiencin... Read more

As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement on the tax reform discussion draft by Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp. “Everyone can agree that our tax code is broken. It’s complex, confusing, and costly. Worse, it stands in the way of much-needed economic growth and job creation. I’ve heard from families and businesses across North Texas who are overwhelmed and frustrated with our broken tax code. “Today’s release of the discu... Read more

Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following statement in response to additional indictments in the Social Security Disability Insurance fraud in New York City. “Today we learned that the New York disability fraud scheme carried out by retired police officers and fire fighters was more rampant than we originally thought. I am outraged that these trusted public servants would engage in such deception. Stealing money from a program that in ... Read more

Today, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) Reform Act in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) scandalous management of the ITIN program. In 2012 the Tax Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a scathing report finding that IRS managers were encouraging employees to ignore questionable applications and blatant fraud for the sake of quickly issuing ITINs. Last year, the IG is... Read more

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) delivered thousands of handmade valentines to veterans at the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center as a part of Johnson’s annual Valentines for Veterans program. The heartfelt cards come from students and businesses across North Texas who took the time to tell our hometown heroes, "thank you for our freedoms," on Valentine’s Day. To kick off the event, Johnson encouraged the students of Huffman Elementary to make a valentine as a token of gratitude to ... Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) made the following statement after the Ways and Means Committee passed a bill to stop the Obama Administration from implementing new regulations targeting 501(c)(4) conservative groups. The bill, H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014 can be read here. “The IRS’s attempt to permanently stifle Americans’ freedom of speech is unprecedented and outrageous! Any American, including members of the Allen Area Patriots, seeking to speak-... Read more

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement on the so-called Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act, which would suspend the nation’s debt limit until March 15, 2015. “As a fiscal conservative, I once again voted against increasing the debt limit. My constituents did not send me to Washington to add to the already out-of-control debt. It’s over $17 trillion, yet President Obama continues to offer the same failed solution: spend and borrow more. Enough is enough. Just t... Read more

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) released the following statement in response to a new report from the non-partisan budget scorekeeper, the Congressional Budget Office, stating Obamacare will cause a ‘reduction in full-time-equivalent employment of about 2.3 million.’ “CBO’s report further proves what we’ve known all along, Obamacare is a job-killer. That’s wrong! If President Obama truly wants 2014 to be his ‘year of action,’ he can start by working with us to repeal this flawed law that’s l... Read more

Representative Jeff Leach, Senator Ken Paxton and the Texas Department of Transportation will host the official ceremonial event honoring United States Congressman Sam Johnson in a community celebration for the newly renamed "Sam Johnson Highway." The event will take place on Monday, February 24, at 10:00 a.m. at the Living Legends Conference Center of Collin College located at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 9:00 a.m. Renaming... Read more