evidence: Ron Johnson Calls Climate Change ‘Beneficial,’ Says It’s Only a Problem ‘If You’re in a Hot Region of Africa’ Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) questioned an energy policy expert on Wednesday during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the healthcare costs related to climate change and argued that the U.S. – his home state of Wisconsin in particular – will be better off as a result of global warming. Johnson concluded his remarkable comments, which quickly went viral online, by dismissing the risks other areas of the globe, like Africa, would face due to climate change.