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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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its latest issue, the Alliance for Retired Americans gave Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) a “pro-retiree” and “lifetime” score of 100/100.
The ARA is nationwide organization that advocates social and economic justice. This score is calculated based on the member’s 112th Congress, 1st session voting records – including votes to protect health care reform and Social Security and Medicare – in regards to the following proposed bills: