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Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) wrote the act and was the first member of Congress to introduce a bill on the issue.
"Contrary to popular belief," Johnson told Newsweek, "arbitration decisions are final, binding, non-appealable, and strongly in favor of corporations. The result is a secretive and rigged process that prevents citizens from holding corporate wrongdoers accountable."
"We need to make sure that we are adequately resourced to be able to respond to these events. I don't think the federal government is doing an adequate job of that," said U.S. Rep. Henry Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), who attended the session that was organized by Wilson.
Rep. Henry "Hank" Johnson Jr. said he traveled down from Georgia because the issues revealed at Hollywood Hills need to be addressed on a national level now that global warming has increased the likely and intensity of disasters. "We have reached the point in the annals of human history that this has become the new normal," he said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today released the following statement in response to the decision by President Trump to end critical cost-sharing payments under the Affordable care Act -- $7 billion in annual subsidies to health insurers that allows more than 7 million low-income Americans to afford healthcare coverage:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Donald Trump withheld certification of the Iran nuclear deal, a 2015 agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, China, Germany and the European Union that halted Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions:
Like any young girl growing up in Rockdale County, Cinthya Moran, 17, always had a sense of comfort and security living in the friendly confines of metro Atlanta.
She made quick friendships in school, loved the neighborhood where she lived and celebrated life in the small-town South.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) highlighted a new report showing the Ryan-McConnell tax framework unveiled by Republicans last week would dramatically increase the tax burdens of many families living in Georgia's Fourth District -- many by an average of $9,158 through the elimination of the state and local tax deduction alone.
More than 44 million American households claim the state and local tax deduction each year.