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But Congressmen Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, and Hank Johnson of Georgia are not distracted. They have introduced a groundbreaking piece of legislation—the Securing America's Future Elections (SAFE) Act—that proposes to safeguard US elections from cyber threats by permanently classifying the integrity and security of elections as a component of critical infrastructure of the country.
AMY GOODMAN: It also comes right after you made a video calling for support for Congressman Hank Johnson's bill that would cut off all U.S. military aid to Honduras.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., has teamed up with 15 colleagues to introduce legislation designed to address election integrity.
H.R. 3132 is designed to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002. It is being support by several groups including the National Election Defense Coalition, Common Cause, Transforming Justice Coalition, People Demanding Action, Progressive Democrats of America and Verified Voting, UHCAN and the Hip Hop Caucus.
GEORGIA - Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), is pleased to announce that two students from Georgia's Fourth Congressional District have been selected to participate in the 2017-2018 Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) Program.
Rising junior Sonia Karkare of Decatur High School and rising senior Emily Lent of Providence Classical Christian School are two of 50 total students from the Southeast and Puerto Rico to be awarded this fully funded scholarship.
Dear Friends,
As President Trump, members of his family and Administration continue to top headlines for their ties with Russian officials, I have continued to fight for you on the issues, including improving the Affordable Care Act (ACA), tax reform and ensuring our election and voting systems are secure.
Democratic members of Congress sharply questioned President Trump's interim chief of the General Services Administration, the agency that leases Trump his hotel, over why the lease has remained in place and why the agency has repeatedly failed to disclose information about the project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) grilled the acting director of the General Services Administration (GSA), which is the civilian landlord of the federal government, over President Trump's lease with the GSA for the Trump International Hotel in the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
STATEMENT OF
THE HONORABLE HANK JOHNSON
RANKING MEMBER, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
"IMPLEMENTING THE FEDERAL ASSETS SALE AND TRANSFER ACT (FASTA): MAXIMIZING TAXPAYER RETURNS AND REDUCING WASTE IN REAL ESTATE"
JULY 12, 2017
WASHINGTON - Today, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for finalizing a rule to prohibit the use of pre-dispute, binding ("forced") arbitration in contracts for consumer financial products such as checking or savings accounts, student loans, or credit cards.