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Congressman Gets to the Bottom of Whether Trump Tried to Fire Special Counsel Mueller Through White House Counsel Don McGahn, Who Appears in Russian Probe 157 Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Johnson voted to increase the paychecks of American workers by passing H.R. 582, the Raise The Wage Act, to gradually increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 and restore the value of work in our economy by lifting struggling workers and their families out of poverty.
WASHINGTON — Gainesville U.S. Rep. Doug Collins squared off against Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, using a parliamentary tactic to punish the House's top leader for comments she made about President Donald Trump on the floor.
As the House voted, Lithonia Democrat Hank Johnson lambasted Republicans for using a "cheap, dilatory parliamentary tactic" against Pelosi.
"To prove what point?" Johnson said. "They're making things worse for themselves, and I'm ashamed of the conduct of my friends on the other side of the aisle."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, July 18 at 9 a.m., Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, will hold a hearing on "Counterfeits and Cluttering: Emerging Threats to the Integrity of the Trademark System and the Impact on American Consumers and Businesses."
WHO: Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) along with subcommittee members;
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Congressmen introduce bill to protect traveling public
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seeking to make highways around the nation safer for drivers, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) – along with his colleague Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois – introduced the "Safe Roads Act of 2019" (H.R. 3773), which would direct the Department of Transportation to require that all new commercial motor vehicles be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system.
WASHINGTON, D.C – Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement on the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens at the age of 99:
"Under Donald Trump, ICE has become a cruel extension of the president's war on people of color. He wields the agency like a tool of terrorism attacking minority communities whose only crime is entering the county illegally. Unfortunately, good people get swept up in these kinds of blanket raids, including citizens. Even undocumented immigrants have Constitutional rights in this country, and I'll be working with my colleagues to hold this administration accountable. Everyone in this country – regardless of status -- deserves due process and at the very least basic human decency."
CONYERS — Congressman Hank Johnson is inviting both middle and high school students who live or attend a school in the Fourth Congressional District to demonstrate their technology skills by developing a mobile application or game.
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), is hosting his "Moving The Fourth Forward" town hall series at four locations throughout Georgia's Fourth Congressional District from 6 – 7:30 p.m., to hear the thoughts and opinions of his constitutes on a wide range of issues.
Who: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04)
What: Moving The Fourth Forward Town Hall Series
When: Tuesday, August 13, Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538 Panola Road in Lithonia;