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Congressman sends letter to House colleagues to raise awareness of ‘silent epidemic’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) this week sent a letter to all 434 of his House colleagues, urging their support for the bipartisan H.R. 3381, the Viral Hepatitis Testing Act of 2011.
The Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand awareness and testing campaigns for the hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) virus and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to revise the guidelines it uses to screen for HCV.
17 de julio 2012
Congresista: grupos locales ayudaran a obtener, mantener a los veteranos fuera de las calles
WASHINGTON, DC - EE.UU. Representante Hank Johnson (GA-04) ha anunciado hoy que dos grupos con sede en Atlanta recibirán más de $ 1.3 millones del Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) para luchar contra la falta de vivienda entre los veteranos en el 2012-2013.
Congressman: Local groups to help get, keep veterans off the streets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced two Atlanta-based groups will receive more than $1.3 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fight veterans’ homelessness in 2012-2013.
Action Ministries Inc. of Atlanta will receive $1 million and Decatur Cooperative Ministry Inc., $320,000 to provide financial and emotional support, as well as housing stability, for veterans in the Fourth District and throughout metro Atlanta.
12 de julio de 2012
Los prestatarios Afroamericanos e hispanos quienes calificaban para los préstamos y pagaron mayores tasas o tarifas o recibieron incorrectamente préstamos de alto riesgo tienen derecho a indemnización
African-American and Hispanic Borrowers Who Qualified for Loans and Were Charged Higher Fees or Rates or Were Improperly Placed into Subprime Loans Are Eligible for Compensation
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed the second largest fair lending settlement in the department’s history to resolve allegations that Wells Fargo Bank, the largest residential home mortgage originator in the United States, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending from 2004 through 2009.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrat Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after he voted against Republicans’ attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, once again:
“In a desperate attempt to appear relevant and appease their discouraged Tea Party base, House Republicans are wasting taxpayers’ time and money with the 31st vote this Congress to ‘repeal’ Obamacare. Luckily for American families, they are powerless to do so.”
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Congressmen: ‘Extend coverage to 600,000 uninsured Georgians’
Rep. Johnson's July Fourth 2012 E-Newsletter: /sites/evo-subsites/hankjohnson-evo.house.gov/files/e-newsletter/2012/07/rep-hank-johnsons-fourth-of-july-e-newsletter.shtml
Rep. Hank Johnson's E-Newsletter for June 21, 2012