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Michelle Carmona was named the grand prize winner of Rep. Hank Johnson's, D-Ga., Fourth Congressional District Art Competition during a ceremony at the Lou Walker Senior Center in Lithonia on Saturday. Her photograph, "Nature," received a $24,000 scholarship to the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Nearly 100 Republicans and Democrats have come together in support of an important bill — Rep. Hank Johnson's (D-Ga.) Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act (H.R. 1243).
"This bill is the culmination of every hyperbolic and despicable thing that [White House Chief Strategist] Steve Bannon and President Trump have said about immigrants," said Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina's plan to draw congressional districts qualified as racial gerrymandering, the drawing of districts upon racial lines, violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Congressman Johnson praises this ruling, believing that this case is a step in the right direction towards achieving true equality for all.
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We are here again and I must say that I am extremely excited about this year's competition. That's not to discount any of the previous competitions but this competition has some truly special pieces.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Hank Johnson, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, released this statement on the appointment of Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling:
Over the past couple of weeks, ten Somali nationals have been detained by ICE throughout Metro Atlanta and are now facing deportation. Some were picked up at their jobs, in their homes, and in some cases, it is alleged that ICE used false pretenses to detain them.
Johnson, on the other hand, said in a statement that the firing of Comey constituted an "assault on our republic" by Trump, who Democrats have accused of benefiting from alleged Russian interference in the election.
Radio interview with Atlanta NPR affiliate, 90.1. Interview begins at the 16:37 mark. Listen here