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Legislation to speed the deployment of self-driving vehicles and ease hurdles has been stalled for years and shows no sign of moving. U.S. safety regulators are also investigating a number of crashes involving Tesla Inc's driver assistance system, Autopilot. Tesla has said its systems are safe.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Stonecrest, who is part of the bipartisan Congressional Ethylene Oxide Task Force, released a statement from his office and the task force about the EPA's decision.
"I consider this the beginning of the process and an important first step, not the end," said Johnson, whose 4th Congressional District includes part of Newton County.
"It doesn't get more partisan than sending a letter to the Republican caucus" criticizing the Jan. 6 committee, said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), author of several bills that would require an independent review to determine when Supreme Court justices should recuse. He said in an interview that Clarence Thomas's conflicts with his wife's work make him "the poster child" for passing the ethics legislation.
DECATUR, GA –Hank Johnson (GA-04) has sent a letter to Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell R. McMurry raising concerns that the agency's planned expansion of the I-20 and I-285 interchange east of Atlanta in South DeKalb will exacerbate pollution and climate problems in the area and almost certainly be at the expense of the planning of heavy rail service down the I-20 East corridor.
Democrats in Georgia's congressional delegation are asking the state's Department of Transportation to outline how it will use funding and new flexibilities outlined in the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure package to boost the state's public transit system.
Georgia is set to receive nearly $1.4 billion over five years from the package for public transportation — including $923 million for metro Atlanta. Though the law attracted bipartisan support, every GOP member of Georgia's congressional delegation opposed it.
DECATUR, GA –Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) said Jan. 14 the first time in six months that families will not receive the expanded and improved monthly Child Tax Credit (CTC) due to Senate inaction on the Build Back Better Act.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia's 4th Congressional District and other lawmakers were trapped in the House chamber that day.
A picture captured Johnson kneeling on the Chamber floor during the rampage as insurrectionists were on the brink of breaking in.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, Jan. 6, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) will hold a virtual roundtable discussion titled: "Root Causes of the Insurrection: Securing Democracy For All." As part of a national day of observances and events, the Congressman's event will feature Ray of Hope Pastor Rev. Cynthia Hale as moderator with a panel of special guests from the faith and public policy disciplines. Ray of Hope is located in DeKalb County, GA.
"The critical issues that impact our day-to-day lives ― such as voting and civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate justice, and consumer and workers' rights ― are being decided by a GOP-packed conservative supermajority on a United States Supreme Court, which is destroying its own legitimacy with partisan decisions that are upending decades of precedent and progress in this nation," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), the bill's lead sponsor. "I want to thank Chair Jayapal and the entire Progressive Caucus for endorsing and supporting the Judiciary Act."
Judiciary Committee members have introduced several other bills to modernize the judiciary's ethics, disclosure, and transparency rules, which could be swept into omnibus legislation.
"Reforms in our judiciary are needed and past due," said Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat who heads the House Judiciary Committee's courts subcommittee. "The covers are off, and people understand the judicial branch has done an excellent job protecting itself and insulating itself from change. But the need for change is glaring."