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Dear Friends,
Before I launch into discussing resources that are available to you and your family during the pandemic, I want to wish all our mothers a Happy Mother's Day this Sunday. Mothers are the glue and bonds that hold our families together, and this is particularly true today.
On that note, I hope you and your families are staying safe and healthy. To say we are living in unprecedented times is an understatement. None of us have lived through a global pandemic like the COVID-19 crisis we face today.
DECATUR, GA -- What happened to Ahmaud that Sunday afternoon in southwest Georgia is nothing short of a 21st century lynching. And just like in the old days, law enforcement officials and prosecutors have looked the other way and allowed the vigilantes to escape justice. The Brunswick vigilantes should be arrested and charged with murder. They are entitled to a presumption of innocence and should have their day in court facing a jury of their peers. Justice demands that they be treated no differently than if they were Black.
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Congressman Requests Stewart Answer Key Questions on How It Is Screening, Treating Detainees to Mitigate COVID-19 Spread, Suffering
DECATUR, GA – On May 7, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter to Matthew T. Albence, Deputy Director U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, requesting information on what steps are being taken to protect the detainees and staff at the Stewart Detention Center in southwest Georgia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICANS
The decision to open Georgia's economy is putting more black lives at risk in the state, according to Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson.
Speaking during a virtual town hall Tuesday night held by the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Johnson cited state numbers, which he called incomplete, that show a disproportionate number of African-Americans have confirmed cases and have died of COVID-19.
Thank you for all that you do as leaders of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus – you are on the frontlines of helping us through this pandemic – and I'm honored to join this evening for this important call.
WASHINGTON — On a recent telephone town hall hosted by Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson, Gwendolyn sounded desperate.
She's homeless, unemployed and a survivor of domestic violence. But she doesn't know how to get help.
"I'm on my last rope right now trying to figure out which way to go in," said Gwendolyn, who didn't give her last name. "My depression is over the top. … I worry about everything. … I just don't know which direction to go in."
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) has announced his support of H.R. 266, the $484 billion Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which will now go to the President's desk for his signature.
Johnson was in the Chamber and voted in support of the bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, re-introduced two important pieces of legislation to protect Americans' digital privacy – the bipartisan Application Privacy, Protection and Security (APPS) Act of 2020 (H.R. 6677), and the Data Broker Transparency and Accountability Act of 2020 (H.R. 6675).
WASHINGTON—Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) joined U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Representatives Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations, and Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health to work directly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S.
Dear Friends,
While Congress is coming back into session on Monday, May 1, I was in Washington last week to support H.R. 266, The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act that expands help for small businesses, hospitals and testing. The interim emergency funding package will provide the emergency resources that are desperately needed to sustain frontline healthcare workers, small businesses, and our communities.