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Congressman: Stone Mountain-based emergency youth shelter holds great promise to protect at-risk youth
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after the release of Israeli Army Sergeant Gilad Shalit:
“This day has been a long time coming. Like so many young people, Sergeant Shalit signed up to serve his country and defend his people. He has been through hell, he has displayed tremendous courage and resolve, and I welcome word of his release.”
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Congressman: Bill will level playing field for small, local and minority-owned businesses
WASHINGTON – With Georgia’s small businesses in mind, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today introduced “The Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2011.”
The bill will ensure that federal small business contracts go to genuine small businesses instead of subsidiaries of large companies. “The Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act” is a direct result of more than 15 investigations that exposed widespread abuses in the federal small business contracting programs.
As seen in The Hill newspaper Oct. 11, 2011, edition. Read the piece in its entirety.
Taiwan and Mainland China have transitioned from collision to convergence. What’s next?
By Congressman Hank Johnson & Jonathan Ossoff
We had the opportunity to meet with Taiwan’s president in Taipei last week. We found a cross-strait relationship that has been fundamentally transformed and a partner still eager to purchase advanced warplanes from the United States.
As seen in The Hill newspaper Oct. 11, 2011, edition. Read the piece in its entirety.
Taiwan and Mainland China have transitioned from collision to convergence. What’s next?
By Congressman Hank Johnson & Jonathan Ossoff
We had the opportunity to meet with Taiwan’s president in Taipei last week. We found a cross-strait relationship that has been fundamentally transformed and a partner still eager to purchase advanced warplanes from the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced that he secured a coveted seat on the influential House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet.
A member of two other Judiciary subcommittees – Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law and Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security – Congressman Johnson’s new seat on the Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet will equip him to even more effectively serve the needs of the Fourth Congressional District, Georgia, local governments and businesses.