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"Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph — also known as 21 Savage — is a young man who I've spent time with, and I'm impressed with him and the many positive things that he has done to uplift the youth of our community," Johnson said in a statement to the Daily News.

If Democrats on the House Judiciary panel have any concerns about their party's mega-overhaul of voting, ethics, lobbying and campaign finance laws, they kept them private on Tuesday during the measure's first congressional hearing.

WASHINGTON — As former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams prepares for her upcoming role as Democrats' State of the Union first responder, at least two Georgia Democrats are planning to make statements of their own: skipping President Donald Trump's address altogether.

Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) managed two bills that passed the House of Representatives by voice vote on Tuesday.

The first bill, H.R. 439, the "National FFA Organization's Federal Charter Amendment's Act," is a bipartisan effort to update and modernize the Federal Charter for the National FFA Organization (formerly known as the Future Farmers of America). The bill updates the FFA's charter to make it more consistent with the modern organization, and to provide additional flexibility as it looks toward the future.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, said he was "very happy" the shutdown was coming to an end.

"Never again should a president put a gun to the head of Congress and take hostages in an effort to coerce Congress to do his bidding," said Johnson, who earlier this month drew international headlines for comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler.

The delays are not lost on two members of Georgia's congressional delegation who serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, blamed Trump for the standoff, in its fifth week and now the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. He said he feared the number of delayed road projects could double if the budget is not resolved.