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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today spoke out against House Republicans’ version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which rolls back and weakens protections for all victims, including LGBT, immigrant and Native American women:
“This burdensome bill is shocking in its callousness towards women and victims of domestic violence. It is as almost as if Republicans targeted the most vulnerable among us and stripped away their rights.
Rep. Johnson and other members of Congress join watchdog group and potential DREAM Act beneficiaries in a constitutional challenge to the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule
Congressman helps boost in research funding for Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority Institutions by $10M
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) announced today that he secured $5 million in the U.S. House of Representatives’ version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund a plan that would increase diversity in the leadership of the U.S. military.
Congressman: U.S. journalists investigating Information Operations contractor may have been targeted in reputation attack campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) today questioned the effectiveness of Department of Defense (DOD) spending on “Information Operations” and urged the Pentagon to launch a full investigation into evidence that U.S. journalists investigating an Information Operations contractor were targeted in a disinformation and reputation attack campaign.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), who sponsored the Fair Employment Act and is an original co-sponsor of the Fair Employment Opportunity Act – both of which fight discrimination against the unemployed – offered an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill May 8 to increase funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
LITHONIA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced the winners of his 2012 Congressional Arts Competition and awarded four college scholarships worth more than $20,000 on May 5 at the Lou Walker Senior Center.
Rep. Johnson connects struggling homeowners with HomeSafe program, HUD-approved counselors
LITHONIA, GA – More than 500 people participated in today’s HomeSafe Georgia foreclosure prevention event hosted by Congressman Hank Johnson, and representatives of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and HUD-approved counseling agency D&E at Salem Bible Church in Lithonia.
Congressman: Bill harms women who need screenings for breast, cervical cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) voted against H.R. 4628, the Republican student loan bill that maintains low federal student loan interest rates by slashing health care funds for breast and cervical cancer screenings.