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Hank Johnson: “You are the ones who are struggling to put food on the table. You are the ones who are struggling to keep a roof over…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2025
You are the ones who are struggling to put food on the table. You are the ones who are struggling to keep a roof over your head as the head of your family. You are the ones struggling to work 8 hours a day for an honest day's wage only to come up short and having to work second and third jobs in order to make ends meet while you see others living lavishly surrounded by gold ornaments on everything that they can touch, building ballrooms for the rich and wealthy after knocking down the historic east wing of the White House, and doing it without anybody's consent, just waking up and deciding I am going to do this. We live in a democracy, not someplace where a king is in charge, and that king is playing politics with the people.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Addressing economic struggles faced by families during a Special Order hour for the Congressional Black Caucus.

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