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Women in Georgia Still Earn Only 82 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by Men
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As we mark Equal Pay Day today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) said that more needs to be done to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men – including passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act. Equal Pay Day symbolizes when, more than three months into the year, women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today joined Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and a bipartisan group of 110 Members of the House of Representatives in writing to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to support the members of the U.S. Women’s National Team filing a federal complaint. Recently, five soccer players accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination, citing the fact that they earn as little as 40 percent of what players on the U.S. Men’s National Team earn.
By product of producing electricity a noxious material that could be dumped in a landfill near you
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today introduced The Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act (CALSA) – H.R. 4827 – to protect citizens from dangerous coal ash that will be disposed in municipal landfills that are not equipped to handle the toxic substance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Member Hank Johnson released the following statement in response to today’s terror attacks:
“We stand united with our Belgian brothers and sisters and all humanity against such a bankrupt ideology of horror, extremism and cowardly violence. I join the President and all American officials in condemning this senseless act and pledge the full cooperation and support of the United States of America to help bring these criminals to justice.”
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Hoy los Congresistas Hank Johnson and Keith Ellison junto a 60 miembros del Congreso de los Estado Unidos enviaron una carta al Secretario de Estado Kerry y al Secretario del Tesoro Lew expresando profunda preocupación por el asesinato de la activista Berta Cáceres, la manera en la que se ha conducido la investigación de este hecho hasta ahora de parte del gobierno hondureño, urgiendo al gobierno de Honduras a iniciar una investigación independiente mediante un ac