115th Congress
"Due to artificial encumbrances, the nation was deprived of its first female president," said Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., pointing out that Harris is one of several women who might run for the White House. "Perhaps that can be addressed in the 2020 election."
One of those Democrats is U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of Lithonia. One of Georgia's most liberal members of Congress, he said in an interview Wednesday that he would only be willing to consider beefed up border security in exchange for protections for Dreamers.
Trump "has had so many positions that it's hard to have confidence in the current one he has taken" on DACA, Johnson said. "At this point … with the agreement with President Trump to pursue a fix to the DACA program, it makes abundant sense for us to go ahead and move while the iron is hot."
One of the most critical Georgia lawmakers was Democrat Hank Johnson of Lithonia, who said the hack proved the need for Congress to pass two bills he sponsored earlier this year related to data privacy and forced arbitration.
"I will continue introducing these critical bills — fighting to ensure all consumers have the tools they need to protect themselves from identity theft and have their day in court," he said.
"We don't want to go back. We want to go forward." Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia.
Democrats pounced on the last-minute timing with the stakes so high.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia, said that the repeal bill was "the worst piece of legislation that has come down the pipe yet." He said Congress would want to reauthorize the indigent hospital care and PeachCare programs. "Hopefully, Republicans in Congress can walk and chew bubble gum on that issue," he said.
| Dear Friends, This week I hosted a small business Think Tank at Georgia Piedmont Technical College in Clarkston, where more than 100 small business owners connected with federal resources, and we held informative panels on access to capital and government contracting. I want to thank all our panelists, agencies and businesses for participating in this great event. I hope to host more of these kinds of meetings soon. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the Equifax data breach of 143 million Americans' personal information, Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), David N. Cicilline (D-RI), and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) wrote to the three main credit rating agencies –Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian – to hear whether these companies will continue to include forced arbitration clauses in their terms of service or end their campaign against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule to restore consumers' day in court.
They wrote:
Contact: Andy Phelan (404) 593-9126
September 21, 2017
Washington, D.C.– Today, Rep. Johnson highlighted a new state-by-state report showing Republicans' latest Trumpcare legislation, which the Senate GOP hopes to rush to a vote next week, would be disastrous for Georgian's health care in 2027 alone.
Federal funding for health coverage would be cut by $299 billion in that year alone, relative to projected spending on the Medicaid expansion, marketplace subsidies and the Medicaid program (outside of the expansion).
