Ron talked with folks about local issues in Manitowoc
From the Manitowoc Herald Times: As part of his tour to fire up supporters prior to the Nov. 8 election, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson visited with Republican supporters Tuesday afternoon in Manitowoc. “We’re going to kind of finish out the day here just going to a bunch of GOP centers here and trying to fire up the grassroots…
Harry Reid puts partisan politics above helping terminally ill patients
From Donald Mihalek The Hill: Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did it again. He single handily blocked a bill from moving in the Senate. With a one page objection, the retiring senator kept terminally ill Americans from a step closer to having a right – a right to try. The senator’s reasons seemed right – he…
Jake Curtis wrote in the National Review that Ron “is a true citizen legislator”
From National Review: Anyone who has had the chance to listen to Johnson knows he is a serious legislator who grasps the perilous position the country is in. When he talks about the national debt, one gets the sense he is actually internalizing the rate at which it is in increasing every second. Many members…
Ron leads to bring resources to western Wisconsin for flood recovery
From the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram: All of Wisconsin’s members of Congress signed a joint letter Tuesday asking President Obama for the federal government’s potential help in efforts to recover from flood damage caused last month by major storms that swept through western Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker already has declared a state of emergency for 12…
Lane from Eau Claire lays out Ron’s record of accomplishments for Wisconsin
From the Eau Claire Leader Telegram: In a recent “It Seems to Me” article by a retired UW-Stout professor, he called Sen. Ron Johnson the following: a clown, an ethically and intellectually challenged senior senator, shameful, artfully sly, brazenly, of abnormal intelligence, a political hack and a strident anti-environment voice. He also said Johnson has…
Pastor Jerome Smith Sr.: “Ron supports our community”
From the Milwaukee Courier: It’s election season, and that means you’re hearing lots of things on TV and in our local community – not all of it true. Instead of spreading more of it or trying to have a debate, I’d like to offer something different. The truth. My name is Jerome Smith Sr. As…
Ron’s op-ed: Expand ‘right to try’ laws
From the Racine Journal Times: When the R.M.S. Titanic sunk over 100 years ago, more than 1,500 of the 2,224 souls aboard perished after the ship crashed into the iceberg. Forevermore, the ship’s name became synonymous with human tragedy of epic proportion. But the White Star Line’s track record — saving one in three passengers…
Ron says American leadership needed to wipe out ISIS
From the Washington Free Beacon: Members of the coalition fighting the Islamic State suggested to a leading U.S. lawmaker that they don’t believe the United States has demonstrated enough leadership in combating the terror group. Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.), who was a U.S. representative at the 71st U.N. General Assembly in New York last…
Ron pushes for a Right to Try law for terminally ill patients
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: More than a year after his wife Trickett Wendler died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), he is giving voice to a congressional bill in her name. The Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act, authored by Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, would allow terminally ill patients to receive experimental drugs —…
Ron receives endorsements from Wisconsin’s agricultural leaders
From Wisconsin Ag Connection: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson has put together a statewide coalition of farm groups, producers and small business owners that he hopes will advice him on agricultural issues affecting Wisconsin. The effort, known as ‘Farmers for RonJon’ was unveiled at the Steve and Sally Miller dairy farm in La Crosse on Friday….