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CONYERS, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced that More Than Conquerors, Inc. of Conyers, a nonprofit organization that helps young people make healthy choices, received a $1.5 million U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant.
"It is my job to fight for our district in Congress, and I am proud to have put forward these critical projects from Clarkston to Conyers, Covington to Tucker and everywhere in between," Johnson said. "I will continue to fight for our district to ensure that we get the federal funding we need to make our community stronger."
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) said during a Wednesday hearing on a possible Supreme Court code of ethics that he was "alarmed" by Justice Clarence Thomas not recusing himself from certain decisions given his wife's controversial text messages, but said judicial ethics problems extended well beyond the justice.
In a good first step toward depoliticizing the U.S. Supreme Court, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep.
Similar protections aiming to require increased scrutiny for evidence resulting from creative expression is also being considered by California state lawmakers. Mason said the Recording Academy is working with Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, to explore similar legislation at the national level.
Nationally, 83 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $32 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 95,000 jobs
Why did Goodell testify?
One of the more interesting questions unrelated to the Commanders investigation was posed by Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA). He asked Goodell if he only agreed to testify because of the NFL's exemption from antitrust laws that gives the league special privileges with television networks. The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 allowed the NFL to sell packages to networks that the league shares equally among its teams.