Ronald Harold Johnson was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and has been serving ever since. Johnson represents a district in Washington state and is currently the Republican Majority Whip. In addition to his work in the Senate, Johnson is also the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Background
Ronald Harold Johnson (born February 11, 1941) is an American politician who has been the Senior United States Senator from Utah since 2007. He is a Republican. Previously Johnson was the Governor of Utah from 1985-1993.
Johnson served as chairman of the National Governors Association from 1997 to 1999. He also served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2001 to 2003.
Johnson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 11, 1941, and raised in Murray, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young University (B.S., 1964) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1967).
After completing law school, he served as an associate attorney for the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Washington D.C.. He then served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Utah under then-Governor Calvin L. Rampton from 1971 to 1973. In 1974 he was elected Attorney General of Utah and re-elected in 1978 and 1982.
He served two terms as Governor of Utah (1985-1993). In 1992 he was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee, serving until January 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2004.
In 2007, Johnson was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush to be the senior U.S. Senator from Utah, succeeding Orrin Hatch.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee continues its work on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Chairman Chuck Grassley has announced that the committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, September 27th to consider whether to recommend Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate.
His Legislation
Ronald Harold Johnson was born in 1939 in the small town of Waco, Texas. After graduating from high school, Ronald Johnson enrolled at Baylor University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1961. He then went on to earn a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966.
After law school, Ronald Johnson began his legal career as an attorney with the law firm of Hubbard and Aycock. He later served as a deputy county attorney for Williamson County, Texas before being elected to the United States Senate in 1976. During his time in the Senate, Ronald Johnson was known for his work on behalf of rural and agricultural communities, as well as his efforts to improve consumer protection and federal labor laws. In 2002, Ronald Johnson retired from the Senate after more than thirty years of service.
During his time in the Senate, Ronald Johnson authored or co-authored more than seventy pieces of legislation, including the Rural Electrification Act of 1978, the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, and the Education Savings Accounts Act of 1998. He also played a key role in orchestrating the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, which created Social Security and Medicare programs. Ronald Johnson
Key Issues He Faces in the Senate
Ronald Harold Johnson is a senator from Texas and he will be in the Senate for the next two years. Johnson was born in Houston, Texas, in 1961. He earned his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and then went on to work as a prosecutor. In 1995, Johnson was elected as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives. He served in the House until 2002 when he was elected to the Texas Senate. Johnson is currently the Assistant Democratic Whip in the Senate. In that role, he is responsible for making sure all of the Democratic caucus’s legislative goals are met. Johnson has also been involved in several important committees since he entered the Senate. One of those committees is the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which he has served on since 2013. In that role, Johnson has been responsible for studying issues related to national security and homeland security.
How Ronald Harold Johnson plans to use his position in the Senate
Ronald Harold Johnson is a Senator from Illinois and plans to use his position in the Senate to help improve the economy and make Illinois a better place to live. He is also committed to fighting for social justice and believes that all people have the right to education, healthcare, and a safe environment.
Conclusion
Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to rename the Ronald Harold Johnson Senate Building in honor of former Democratic Senator from Illinois and Secretary of Defense under President Obama, Ron Johnson. The legislation was introduced by current Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and co-sponsored by both Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL). This is only the second time that a bill has been passed in both chambers of Congress to rename a building after an individual who has served in office.