117th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 15, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Representative Mondaire Jones (NY-17) today introduced the Judiciary Act of 2021 to expand the United States Supreme Court by adding four seats, creating a 13-justice Supreme Court.
DECATUR, GA — Congressman Henry "Hank" Johnson announced today that FEMA is accepting applications for funeral assistance for Georgians who have lost loved ones to COVID-19. Rep. Johnson helped pass the funeral assistance program as part of the American Rescue Plan and recently held a virtual teach in on April 7 to educate constituents on this and other relief provided in the law.
"Our Community Health Centers have always been the go-to source for my constituents seeking quality, affordable health care and now they are critical players in our response to COVID-19," Rep. Hank Johnson, whose district includes these health centers, said in a news release. "More help is on the way to them through the American Rescue Plan so they can redouble their efforts to get more shots in arms and save more lives from this pandemic."
Episode Summary
Cong. Hank Johnson of Georgia discusses his bill to end transfers of military-style equipment to law enforcement, and the new push for immediate action with an executive order. Joe Madison then continues the conversation with his listeners
Freshman Democratic U.S. Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux of Suwanee and Nikema Williams of Atlanta and veteran Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Stone Mountain, addressed the legislation during an online roundtable with state and regional transportation agency heads and metro-Atlanta local elected officials. All three are members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) said his April 7 virtual event will "help people understand how they can benefit from the various provisions of the bill by connecting constituents with resources under the plan."
Pointing to discrepancies in COVID-19 death counts from Georgia's nursing homes, Sen. Raphael Warnock and Rep. Hank Johnson have asked federal investigators to examine inconsistent reports and provide the public with a true accounting of the losses.
Rev. Al: On Friday, Major League Baseball announced it is moving this year's all-star game out of Georgia amid a new oppressive voting law that is nothing but blatant suppression. Joining me to discuss this is Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson and former Citigroup executive and now a New York City mayoral candidate, Ray Maguire.
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"It's certainly symbolic of what he did, trying to take us back to those times on the plantation by signing that legislation," Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) said in an interview. "That's representational of the Old South. The New South was represented on Nov. 3 and Jan. 5, when we elected President Biden in Georgia and when we elected two United States senators. … The New South will not be defeated."