SHREVEPORT — On Sunday morning, Speaker Johnson joined Fox & Friends live from Strawn’s Diner in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Speaker was joined by locals in his hometown to talk about his faith, his family, and Louisiana. In addition, the Speaker discussed the impeachment inquiry vote and reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Watch full interview here and see excerpts below: Speaker Johnson on the impeachment inquiry vote: “We’re the rule of law team, we must be very deliberate and careful about that. I’ve said several times, and it’s true that next to the declaration of war, I think impeachment is probably the heaviest power that the Congress has, the House specifically under the Constitution. We must be very methodical and careful and follow the facts where they lead. The impeachment inquiry is the next necessary step because the White House is now stonewalling our investigation. Speaker Johnson on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: “Listen, I came off the House Judiciary Committee deeply concerned about how it had been abused to spy on Americans. And that’s why the House Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committees worked together so closely to reform it. We have about 45 different reforms to improve that. We haven’t reauthorized it yet, but we can’t let it go dark while we’re working to forge this compromise to fix it. It’s a critically important national security tool. It’s what prevents us from having another 9/11 on our shores. We’ve got to take care of business.” Speaker Johnson on his hometown and his family: “When I was 12 years old in 1984, my father was an assistant chief of the fire department here, and he was critically burned and permanently disabled in the line of duty. And so that experience was formative to us. It changed the trajectory of my life. My biggest aspiration in life was to be the chief of the Shreveport Fire Department. But they wanted us to go another path after that. And so here we are. But look, this is one of the greatest states in America. I think it’s the greatest state. I think it’s one of the greatest communities in America. They believe in faith, family, freedom, the American values that we all cherish.” ### |