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Congressman announces bill in Hip Hop Caucus event on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) will announce the re-introduction of his Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015.

I'm proud to represent Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District – home to DeKalb, Rockdale, Gwinnett and Newton counties and a small, but mighty city immortalized in Dr. King’s legendary “I Have A Dream” speech – “Stone Mountain of Georgia.”

More than a half a century ago, a young preacher called a generation to action and forever changed the course of history.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) applauded the swift, unanimous House passage of H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act – bipartisan legislation originally introduced in the 113th Congress, but blocked by a single U.S. Senator – to address the epidemic of suicide among our nation’s veterans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that the first two major votes of the 114th Congress he cast were to protect Americans access to healthcare and safeguard the environment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the closing days of the 113th Congress, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the “Police Accountability Act” – H.R. 5831 – which would expand the Department of Justice’s authority to investigate wrongdoing by police by making it a federal crime for police officers to commit first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, and other violent crimes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Responding to calls that the nation’s grand jury system is broken when police are investigated for the killing of civilians, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today introduced the “Grand Jury Reform Act, H.R. 5830.”

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Congressmen pen letter to Attorney General Holder on training, monitoring, and controlling SWAT officers and use of militarized equipment by local law enforcement & SWAT officers