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‘Jobs are the No. 1 priority in our community’:
CONYERS, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson is holding his third Career Expo in the past 14 months to help residents find work, plan a new career or bolster their interviewing skills. The expo is Friday, July 9 at the Rockdale County Career Academy in Conyers.
The expo is being held in conjunction with Rockdale County.
With Rockdale County’s unemployment rate hovering around 12 percent and DeKalb County at 10.7 percent, Johnson said it’s important to continue bringing federal investment to our community.
House Republicans unsuccessfully fight effort to reduce corporate, foreign influence in U.S. elections:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson voted for the DISCLOSE Act, a bill to reduce corporate and foreign influence in U.S. elections by tightening disclosure and transparency requirements. The legislation narrowly passed the House of Representatives. Only two Republicans voted for the bill.
This document is a summation – a one-stop shop – to let readers know who Congressman Hank Johnson is, what legislation he has proposed, influenced and passed, the work he has accomplished as Chairman of Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, on the Armed Services Committee, Transportation and Infastructure Committee and the federal funds he has brought back to the Fourth District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today voted for legislation that will leverage $300 billion in lending for small businesses and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
The legislation, which expands much-needed lending to small businesses and offers tax incentives to help America’s small businesses grow, is fully paid for and will save taxpayers $1 billion over the next 10 years.
Trabajando para la Comunidad Latina:
Ayudando a Familias Convertirse en Propietarios de Vivienda
Esta semana, el Congreso de mayoría Demócrata aprobó la reforma de la Administración Federal de Vivienda de 2010 (H. R. 5072) para ayudar a desarrollar las oportunidades de propiedad. La legislación permite que la Administración Federal de Vivienda (FHA) reduzca los requisitos de pagos iniciales para nuevos prestatarios, mientras continua de ofrecer viviendas a precios razonables para familias de bajo recurso y minorías.
| Dear Friends, I'm excited to announce that my office will be holding our third job fair in the last 13 months – this time in beautiful Conyers at the Rockdale County Career Academy on Culpepper Drive. While there are positive signs that the economy is recovering and that we are moving in the right direction, more needs to be done to ensure that everyone who needs a job has one. |
Rep. Johnson warns seniors of scams, fraud:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced that starting tomorrow, Medicare will begin mailing out to tens of thousands of seniors in Georgia their $250 ‘donut hole’ checks.
Congressman rides bus, train from Lithonia to Decatur with Dr. Beverly Scott