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Bipartisan bill establishes the "Dr. David Satcher Cybersecurity Education Grant Program" to expand cybersecurity education and boost job opportunities
50% of funds will go to HBCUs, tribal, and minority serving institutions
Georgia's HBCU leaders celebrate bill being signed into law
As I return home from a busy Congressional schedule, I wanted to touch base, and give you an update on what I've been working on in Washington, but also what's on tap in August here in the district.
A few weeks ago, you told me in response to an e-letter survey that gun violence and the price of gas and groceries were your most important issues. I heard you loud and clear.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) talked about efforts to expand the Supreme Court, the economy, January 6th Committee developments, and congressional news of the day.
Congressman Hank Johnson - In his 8th term in the House, he is a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and lead sponsor of the 2021 Judiciary Act. A group of House Democrats called for legislation that would add 4 seats to the Supreme Court. He joins Tavis to discuss the bill and what he hopes it accomplishes should the bill pass.
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Restoring Artistic Protection Act introduced in Congress. A bill proposed by Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), the so-called RAP Act would restrict when federal prosecutors can cite lyrics as evidence during a criminal case. The issue reemerged in recent high-profile indictments of rappers Young Thug and Gunna that quoted heavily from their lyrics. It's an issue of free speech. Life doesn't always imitate art.
Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would enable a simple majority in Congress to override Supreme Court decisions like those that overturned the right to an abortion and gutted the government's ability to regulate carbon emissions.
WASHINGTON — More than 100 congressional Democrats are urging the White House to extend the pause on student loan repayment beyond the Aug. 31 deadline.
In a Thursday letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, U.S. Senate and House Democrats argue that due to inflation and an ongoing coronavirus pandemic, student loan borrowers should get an extension on pausing their loan payments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) announced that 11 reports accompanying the House's fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills include their language directing federal agencies to report on advertising contracts with small disadvantaged businesses and b
A new bill has been introduced in Congress that will limit the use of song lyrics as court evidence if passed.
The United States Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would provide funding to support cybersecurity job training at historically black colleges and universities, tribal institutions, minority-serving institutions and other colleges and universities that serve a high proportion of Pell Grant recipients.
The Cybersecurity Opportunity Act was sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
Georgia Republican Rep. Hank Johnson (Ga-04) introduced the partnering legislation in the United States House of Representatives.