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A group of congressional Democrats is urging Chief Justice John Roberts to make immediately available an audio recording of next month's arguments in the case challenging President Trump's travel ban.
The justices will hear arguments in the case April 25, and the five House Democrats believe the Supreme Court should make audio available on its website upon their conclusion.
Photo caption: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, center, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, is joined by Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee, from left, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, and Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced the opening of this year's Congressional Art Competition for all high school students who reside or attend a school in Georgia's Fourth Congressional District.
"Each year, we gain a new appreciation for every piece of art entered for our annual competition because no matter what colors they use, no matter their interpretation, this is their art," said Johnson. "Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are rights we hold dear, and I'm sure all of the pieces submitted will speak to us in some way."
DECATUR, GA – On the eighth anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) called on Republicans to stop their sabotage and instead protect and improve Americans' health care by working to lower Americans' health care costs, including taking action on Democrats' A Better Deal to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs proposal.
Rep. Johnson also highlighted new state-by-state data detailing the consequences of Trumpcare and the GOP sabotage effort for Georgians.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, sent a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte urging that he call Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Committee regarding Facebook's role in Cambridge Analytica's collection and misuse of private user data:
CONYERS — Students at Flat Shoals Elementary School in Conyers got to meet their congressman on Thursday.
Hank Johnson, who represents Rockdale County as well as parts of Newton and DeKalb counties in the U.S. House of Representatives, donated books from the Library of Congress in Washington to the Flat Shoals media center on Thursday and fielded questions from students.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson¬ (GA-04) – ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet and author of the Arbitration Fairness Act – issued the following statement after signing on to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) partisan decision on Net Neutrality:
Delivered January 20, 2018
Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. … but mostly good afternoon ladies! Thank you so much to all of you for coming. What a wonderful crowd!
With an inept and misguided Majority in control, we have had continuing dysfunction in the Congress. And we can't even begin to describe the chaos, racism and sexism emanating from a White House that provides "shock and dismay" on a daily basis.
As we prepare to take in the Academy Awards, which turn 90 on Sunday, a recent report from UCLA shows while we've made some progress with diversity in Hollywood, we have long way to go.
When the Oscar nominations came out in 2015, not a single actor nominated for any lead or supporting role was a person of color.
The #OscarsSoWhite movement that followed birthed a groundswell of opposition to media leadership structures that seemed to only place value in telling white stories.