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LITHONIA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) is pleased today to announce that he helped secure more than $2 million for area transportation projects, including the I-20 east Corridor in south DeKalb, the Atlanta BeltLine and Jimmy Carter Boulevard over I-85 in Gwinnett County.

More than $1.2 million will go towards the I-20 East Corridor for initial environmental work in Phase I of the corridor expansion and $475,000 will go to the BeltLine.

LITHONIA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) played host to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar (MN-08) on August 16, showing the Chairman the Atlanta BeltLine, the Perimeter Center, I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard, the I-20 East Corridor and Arabia Mountain Heritage Area bike paths.

LITHONIA, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) is pleased today to announce that he secured $700,000 for Rockdale County schools from the Department of Education.

Congressman Johnson requested the funding as part of the FY 2010 Labor, Health and Education appropriations bill.

WASHINGTON, DC - El Congresista Hank Johnson (GA-04) ha votado a favor de la Ley de Asistencia para empleos en Educación y Medicaid, que salvará o creará más de 300.000 empleos en Estados Unidos - 140.000 puestos de trabajo para docentes y 150.000 puestos de trabajo para oficiales de policía, bomberos y enfermeras.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today voted for the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, which will save or create more than 300,000 American jobs – 140,000 teacher jobs and 150,000 jobs for police officers, firefighters and nurses.

The measure will save or create more than 5,600 teaching jobs in Georgia and provide Georgia with much-needed Medicaid funds, which will prevent the state from cutting thousands of jobs for teachers, firefighters and other public workers.

ATLANTA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) is co-hosted a two-day community event on July 30 and 31 with Reps. John Lewis and David Scott to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.

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In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hope Now Alliance and NeighborWorks America, Rep. Johnson was pleased to hold Help for Homeowners at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today introduced a bipartisan bill to address a growing problem of parasitic diseases – mostly in poor, minority populations – along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South, Appalachia and distressed urban areas.

The “Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2010” – H.R. 5986 – would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress annually on the impact of these diseases, address their threat and make funding recommendations on how to eradicate them.