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U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, said he was "very happy" the shutdown was coming to an end.
"Never again should a president put a gun to the head of Congress and take hostages in an effort to coerce Congress to do his bidding," said Johnson, who earlier this month drew international headlines for comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler.
The delays are not lost on two members of Georgia's congressional delegation who serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, blamed Trump for the standoff, in its fifth week and now the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. He said he feared the number of delayed road projects could double if the budget is not resolved.
Johnson named chair of House intellectual property subcommittee
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., announced this past week that he will hold a leadership role in Congress over the next two years through a subcommittee chairmanship.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, today condemned the shooting death of Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was killed late Wednesday in Ghana's capital Accra.
CONYERS — Youth from across Rockdale County displayed their talents in honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday afternoon at the Rockdale Career Academy (RCA).
Following the performances, Rockdale County Commission Chairman Oz Nesbitt Sr. presented special guest 4th District Congressman Hank Johnson with an Excellence in Public Service Award.
Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., has received hundreds of angry phone calls at his district and D.C. offices since giving a speech that likened the political moment that brought President Donald Trump to power to the rise of Adolf Hitler.
WASHINGTON —Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson isn't apologizing for a recent speech that drew parallels between President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, and he says the chorus of critics who have assailed him for the comparison are missing the underlying point of his remarks. Read More
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen testified before the House Judiciary Committee, and while Nielsen continued to deny the existence of the family separation policy that Trump ended under tremendous public pressure, she did generously allow that "illegal immigrants are humans."
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County Officer Edgar Flores paid the ultimate price when he was shot and killed in the line of duty. Today, the community honored his sacrifice, one day after he would have turned 25.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, stressed the popularity of the law's protections as a reason Democrats won back control of the House.
"This 2018 campaign, which yielded Democrats 40 more seats, was premised upon in large part protecting and improving the protections of the Affordable Care Act, and I expect that's what the House of Representatives under Democratic leadership is pass legislation to do just that," he said. He called the decision "a fit of judicial activism."