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Congressman introduces bill with support from entire Georgia House delegation
LITHONIA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today he has introduced a bipartisan resolution to rename the Pine Lake Post Office at Rockbridge Road and Spring Drive in honor of fallen police officer Francis Manuel Ortega.
The measure – H.R. 3274 – is supported by the entire Georgia House of Representatives congressional delegation. August 11 marks the 10-year anniversary of Officer Ortega’s tragic shooting death.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy released the final Clean Power Plan, a historic step in the Obama Administration’s fight against climate change:
Congressman Johnson, alarmed at violence against women -- and black women in particular -- gave the following speech on the House floor today:
Congressman: No place for public officials who harbor racist attitudes and post slurs online
LITHONIA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today issued the following statement calling for Newton County Commissioner John Douglas to resign after the Republican lawmaker posted a racist social media rant on Facebook:
WHAT: On World Hepatitis Day, Congressman Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley) and Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) will join community leaders, in solidarity with those impacted by viral hepatitis around the world, to host a press conference calling on Congressional colleagues to urgently commit bold leadership and resources to eliminate the hepatitis B and C epidemics in the United States. This event is one of many worldwide and across the nation calling attention to the largest communicable – yet preventable – epidemics in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Obama announced that the negotiators of the P5+1 nations have reached a nuclear agreement with Iran:
LITHONIA, GA -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA04) is holding a town hall meeting at the Newton County Historic Courthouse on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. District and national issues wil be front and center – a community conversation with Congressman Hank Johnson.
WHO: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04); staff and public
WHAT: Town hall meeting
WHERE: Newton County at the Historic Courthouse in Covington;1124 Clark St SW, Covington, GA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) applauded the President’s announcement that the Department of Labor will propose extending overtime pay protections to nearly 5 million salaried American workers, including 160,000 in Georgia. This proposal would increase the current overtime protection threshold, guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less than an estimated $50,440 per year.