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The announcement prompted loud criticism from many Democrats, including Lithonia U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson.
"It's a sad day for the nation when one man can falsely claim there is a national emergency simply to untangle himself from a political problem of his own making," he said.
The House Judiciary Committee passed a measure Wednesday that would require background checks for all gun sales and most gun transfers within the United States, the most significant gun-control legislation to advance this far in Congress in years.
Congressman Hank Johnson, who represents Georgia's 4th District, is also advocating for the rapper, and he's with us now. Congressman, thanks so much for joining us.
Twenty-one DeKalb County students are among 35 nominated this year by U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) to attend a U.S. service academy.
The DeKalb nominees – from Arabia Mountain, Columbia, Martin Luther King Jr., Tucker, Southwest DeKalb and Stephenson high schools and Woodard Academy – are in the largest class ever nominated by Johnson.
Jay-Z isn't letting a fellow rapper go down without a fight. The music mogul's entertainment company has enlisted an attorney to help 21 Savage, who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday.
Several other high-profile people have come to 21 Savage's defense, including Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson. "Claims that She'yaa was hiding or their claims that he was detained because of prior convictions simply aren't true," Johnson tweeted. "She'yaa was never convicted & he was openly seeking to renew his visa. Here's my letter to ICE."
Democrats on the committee showed no inclination to accommodate Whitaker's demands, and some urged Nadler to respond with an immediate subpoena.
"Get him under subpoena, bring him to our hearing, and ask him questions and demand answers — and then take him to court if he does not answer those questions," said Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.).
"What he's trying to do is play out the clock . . . and then maybe he thinks he's off the hook of having to appear," Johnson continued. "But I think he'll be badly mistaken about that."
"Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph — also known as 21 Savage — is a young man who I've spent time with, and I'm impressed with him and the many positive things that he has done to uplift the youth of our community," Johnson said in a statement to the Daily News.
If Democrats on the House Judiciary panel have any concerns about their party's mega-overhaul of voting, ethics, lobbying and campaign finance laws, they kept them private on Tuesday during the measure's first congressional hearing.
WASHINGTON — As former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams prepares for her upcoming role as Democrats' State of the Union first responder, at least two Georgia Democrats are planning to make statements of their own: skipping President Donald Trump's address altogether.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) managed two bills that passed the House of Representatives by voice vote on Tuesday.
The first bill, H.R. 439, the "National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendment's Act," is a bipartisan effort to update and modernize the Federal Charter for the National FFA Organization (formerly known as the Future Farmers of America). The bill updates the FFA's charter to make it more consistent with the modern organization, and to provide additional flexibility as it looks toward the future.