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Dear Friends,
We held an informative and excellent public discussion on the issues that Fourth District residents are most concerned about during our August 7th telephone town hall. We called 100,000 constituents to discuss the issues of the day. To listen to the live, 1-hour event, click HERE. The good news is if you missed our previous telephone town halls, I'll be hosting another live access event soon. To sign up for future events, click HERE.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) is excited to announce the start of this year's Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an open competition for all K-12 students who reside or attend a school in Georgia's Fourth Congressional District.
The potential impact of 3-D printed guns — or "ghost guns," as they have come to be known — has caused great concern. Many believe that homemade, untraceable weapons would be a nightmare not only for America but for Black Americans in particular in today's volatile social climate.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., filed two bills intended to improve a consumer's privacy concerning mobile device applications and data collection this past week.
The bills are the Application Privacy, Protection and Security Act of 2018, also known as the APPS Act, and the DATA Act of 2018. Both bills have bipartisan support, Johnson's office said.
Dear Friends,
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, today introduced two bills: the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act of 2018 (H.R. 6547), a bill to increase consumer privacy on mobile devices, and the DATA Act of 2018 (H.R. 6548) that makes it easier for consumers to correct and opt out of big data collection and use.
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The hearing highlights an ongoing battle over accusations of political bias in social media companies.
...Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., questioned why the hearing was taking place at all, citing Trump's Helsinki actions on Monday as putting the country in a "great moment of national peril."
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Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) recently celebrated and recognized his staff – both in Washington, D.C. and the District – for being named finalist for the first-ever Democracy Awards, the Congressional Management Foundation's new award recognizing non-legislative achievement and performance in congressional offices.
"No president has ever consulted more widely, or talked with more people from more backgrounds, to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination." – Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
It's more than a little disquieting that one of the first things to come from the mouth of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the newly minted Supreme Court nominee, is obviously and verifiably untrue.