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Lawmakers’ bill reaffirms the commitment of Congress to combat racism, discrimination, and intolerance in the United States and around the globe.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Black History Month, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Senator Ben Cardin (MD) introduced a resolution today calling on Congress to designate January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2024, as the “International Decade for People of African Descent.”
Today, Ranking Member Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement for a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law hearing on consumer protection and mortgage lending settlements:
Built on the back of predatory loans, toxic mortgage securitization, and regulatory failure, the mortgage-foreclosure crisis has blighted entire cities across the country while destabilizing the home market and countless other industries.
But the effects of foreclosures go far beyond simple economics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama signed H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act into law. This bipartisan legislation – which unanimously passed both the House and Senate – addresses the epidemic of suicide among our nation’s veterans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), along with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter today calling for a joint meeting with senior Obama Administration officials to discuss and formulate an emergency plan to ensure that lifesaving money transfers to Somalia can continue.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To protect clean water, the EPA is currently considering a rule to restore Clean Water Act protections to thousands of waterways in Georgia and across the country. Rep. Johnson released the following statement in support of the rule:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law that has jurisdiction over regulatory and competition policy, issued the following statement in opposition to H.R. 527, the so-called Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act:
GA Reps. Johnson and Collins seek Congressional Gold Medal for civil rights ‘heroes who risked their lives to make America better’ – 136 colleagues agree.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Black History Month, Congressmen Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Doug Collins (GA-09) introduced a bipartisan resolution this week calling on Congress to award the Freedom Riders the Congressional Gold Medal.
More than 135 members of Congress from both sides of the aisle joined Reps. Johnson and Collins to cosponsor the bill, H.R. 671.
Congressman Johnson’s video message for Black History Month 2015, click HERE.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Seventy years ago, countless Jewish people were liberated from concentration camps -- camps with the sole purpose of exterminating an entire people and their culture. Holocaust survivors have shown incredible strength and resiliency, all while bearing some of the most awful memories imaginable.