Press Releases
17 de julio 2012
Congresista: grupos locales ayudaran a obtener, mantener a los veteranos fuera de las calles
WASHINGTON, DC - EE.UU. Representante Hank Johnson (GA-04) ha anunciado hoy que dos grupos con sede en Atlanta recibirán más de $ 1.3 millones del Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) para luchar contra la falta de vivienda entre los veteranos en el 2012-2013.
Congressman: Local groups to help get, keep veterans off the streets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced two Atlanta-based groups will receive more than $1.3 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fight veterans’ homelessness in 2012-2013.
Action Ministries Inc. of Atlanta will receive $1 million and Decatur Cooperative Ministry Inc., $320,000 to provide financial and emotional support, as well as housing stability, for veterans in the Fourth District and throughout metro Atlanta.
12 de julio de 2012
Los prestatarios Afroamericanos e hispanos quienes calificaban para los préstamos y pagaron mayores tasas o tarifas o recibieron incorrectamente préstamos de alto riesgo tienen derecho a indemnización
African-American and Hispanic Borrowers Who Qualified for Loans and Were Charged Higher Fees or Rates or Were Improperly Placed into Subprime Loans Are Eligible for Compensation
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed the second largest fair lending settlement in the department’s history to resolve allegations that Wells Fargo Bank, the largest residential home mortgage originator in the United States, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending from 2004 through 2009.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrat Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after he voted against Republicans’ attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, once again:
“In a desperate attempt to appear relevant and appease their discouraged Tea Party base, House Republicans are wasting taxpayers’ time and money with the 31st vote this Congress to ‘repeal’ Obamacare. Luckily for American families, they are powerless to do so.”
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Congressmen: ‘Extend coverage to 600,000 uninsured Georgians’
Rep. Johnson's July Fourth 2012 E-Newsletter: /sites/evo-subsites/hankjohnson-evo.house.gov/files/e-newsletter/2012/07/rep-hank-johnsons-fourth-of-july-e-newsletter.shtml
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrat Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after he joined members of the Congressional Black Caucus and many in Democratic Caucus who walked off the floor, refusing to participate in the Republican vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the entire Affordable Care Act:
“After more than a century of debate, the American people won an historic victory with passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Thank you for inviting me to speak at this critically important event.
More than 1.2 million people in the United States currently live with HIV/AIDS, and more than one in five who are positive are not even aware of their status.
That is why I applaud the National Association of People with AIDS, or NAPWA, for advocating for increased testing.