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Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy.
Guests: U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th Congressional District, Hank Johnson, Bloomberg Contributor and Partner at Stonecourt Capital Rick Davis, Democratic Strategist and Founder of Third Degree Strategies Max Burns, and Bloomberg Washington Bureau Chief Peggy Collins.
But the spending found allies in Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., who fought for the new $10 billion program, which would pay for construction of public transportation systems connecting affordable housing with transit networks.
ROCKDALE COUNTY, GA – On Saturday, Oct. 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) is hosting a free Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination event with the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners and the Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale Health Department.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), along with more than 60 of his colleagues, sent a letter to President Biden on Oct. 14, 2021, urging the administration to leverage its influence to address Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's effort to erode his nation's democratic institutions, human and civil rights, Amazon rainforest deforestation, election tampering and pervasive corruption.
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CONYERS, GA –Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), announced that the Conyers Police Department and the Rockdale County Sheriff's Department are receiving federal grants to help boost their community policing efforts.
The Conyers Police Department is receiving $132,000 and the Rockdale Sheriff's Department is receiving $125,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services or COPS.
The two Congressional subcommittee reports found that toxic metals were present in various types of baby foods ranging from rice cereals to snack puffs.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), a member of the subcommittee, called the findings "shocking."
Democratic Reps. David Scott and Hank Johnson sent Kemp a letter asking him to direct the Georgia Department of Public Health to order all hospitals statewide to do the same thing.
Kemp wrote them a letter back saying he wouldn't do it.
A delegation of six Congressmembers from the U.S. House of Representatives met today with President Geingob to encourage U.S.-Namibia partnership on global health, security, bilateral trade, climate change, racial justice, and other priorities that the two democracies share.
The delegation is led by Congressmember Karen Bass of California, who is the Chair of the House of Representatives' Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights. She and five other Congressmembers arrived in Namibia on Thursday during a visit to the region.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet and Congressman Ken Buck (CO-04), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, have introduced the Open App Markets Act, which would "level the playing field for small app developers, strengthen consumer choice within the app marketplace, and ensure that antitrust laws are working properly in the digital ecosystem."
STONECREST, GA — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced that he is accepting applications from students seeking nominations and appointments to a U.S. Military Service Academy – Army, Air Force, Navy or Merchant Marines.