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“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.”
“Freddy Mercury did not confess to having ‘just killed a man’ by putting ‘a gun against his head’ and ‘’pulling the trigger. Bob Marley did not confess to having shot a sheriff. And Johnny Cash did not confess to shooting ‘a man in Reno, just to watch him die’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), announced that they re-introduced the FAIR Act: The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, re-establishing Americans’ 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system.
In the wake of multiple ProPublica, Washington Post Reports Chronicling Justice Thomas Luxury Trips, Lavish Gifts and Sweetheart Real Estate Deals With GOP Megadonor, Members & Advocates Call on Thomas to Step Down
MAGA Republicans will try to bully anyone who attempts to hold former President Trump accountable.
NEW YORK – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) attended the House Republicans so-called field hearing entitled “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” – their stunt in response to the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump by a Manhattan grand jury.
Congressman Joined by More Than 30 Colleagues Demanding Hearing, Floor Vote on Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal & Transparency Bill in Wake of Troubling Justice Thomas Reports
Members urge investigation into Justice Thomas’s potential violations of the Ethics in Government Act
Whitehouse and Johnson’s SCERT Act would require SCOTUS to adopt stricter disclosure rules and enact a process for investigating misconduct at SCOTUS
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) is calling for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign in the aftermath of ProPublica’s story detailing that the justice has for more than 20 years been treated to luxury vacations and travel by billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow, who also paid Thomas’ wife a salary of $120,000 for her role as founder of a Tea Party group.
Congressman Joined by Colleagues Reps. Wild, Bush, Omar, Schakowsky, Tlaib, Holmes Norton and Pressley
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and seven other members of Congress are calling for a deeper investigation into troubling allegations of wrongdoing and unethical behavior by Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro, who is already the focus of a probe into an apparently inappropriate relationship with a subordinate.
Local support includes GA colleagues, local commercial pilot of a non-profit in Kennesaw -- the Brock Foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today re-introduced the Minorities in Aviation Education Act, which would create a grant program aimed at improving the preparation and representation of minorities in aviation-related fields.
Sixteen of his colleagues are cosponsoring the bill, including two Georgia Representatives – Reps. Sanford Bishop (GA-02) and Nikema Williams (GA-05).
Members urge Secretary Buttigieg to update federal standards for the use and maintenance of wayside defect detectors