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December 12, 2018

WASHINGTON —Some of Georgia's top Republican elected officials, agricultural organizations and business development groups cheered the Trump administration's move Tuesday to roll back a sweeping Obama-era clean water regulation aimed at protecting tributaries to navigable waterways.


December 12, 2018

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) followed up on Jordan's line of questioning about whether Google had paid for such efforts. Pichai categorically denied that it provides any partisan election features.

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December 12, 2018

Another issue likely to be top of mind for Democrats: Tougher mandates for companies to notify consumers when they are breached. Rep.


December 3, 2018

"In the wake of ongoing scandals involving Americans' digital privacy, there is a growing sentiment among Americans that our federal laws need to reflect that we have fully entered the era of big data," says Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), who proposed two data protection bills following the Cambridge Analytica uproar.


November 28, 2018

Five to seven current leaders expected to be elected again Wednesday, some in new roles

Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson said he is backing Lee because she's "paid her dues."


October 1, 2018

As of Friday afternoon, there were five Democratic representatives on the House Judiciary Committee—Ted Lieu, Hank Johnson, Luis Gutiérrez, Pramila Jayapal and Jerry Nadler—who called for their committee to open an investigation into the multiple sexual assault allegations levied against Kavanaugh.


October 1, 2018

COVINGTON, Ga. - Congressman Hank Johnson presented M'Kayla Solomon with an American flag that flew over the Capitol and a certificate at the Covington branch of the Newton County Library System during a Great American Read program Friday night. Solomon, 4, has read 1,000 books before starting kindergarten.

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September 24, 2018

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., wants to increase the number of refugees who are allowed to enter the United States, and he's filed a resolution in the House of Representatives to urge President Donald Trump make it happen.


September 21, 2018

Had it passed, Rep. Hank Johnson's Safe Road Act of 2015 would have forced federal regulators to write a rule requiring automatic emergency braking systems on all heavy trucks.

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September 21, 2018

But U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, said federal funding for MARTA could be in jeopardy if the FTA finds the agency acted improperly.

"We're expanding our transit system," Johnson told Channel 2 Action News Tuesday. "It's very important for Georgia's economic future, and it should not be jeopardized by failure to comply with federal law."