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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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Johnson released the following statement after Google announced Tuesday that it will install fiber that will bring fast connections to homes in Atlanta and eight nearby cities, including parts of the Fourth District that he represents. As the top Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee with jurisdiction over competition and regulatory policy, Rep. Johnson has repeatedly called for greater deployment of high-speed broadband deployment throughout Georgia and in the Fourth District:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Before Republicans suddenly pulled H.R. 399, Secure Our Borders First Act of 2015, this week, the bill had a provision buried on page 78 that would expand the Pentagon’s 1033 Program to our nation’s borders.
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The Pentagon’s “1033” program transfers billions of dollars of excess Department of Defense (DOD) equipment to law enforcement agencies without any Congressional oversight or local community input.