Hank Johnson

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 9 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Missouri has 5\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I am proud to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader of this House of Representatives.

In recent years, some Americans suspect that politics has infected our courts, particularly the United States Supreme Court. This troubling trend threatens our democracy when the independence of our judiciary is questioned. Last week, I…

Today, I rise in support of H.R. 494, the Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2019. We cannot, as a nation, continue to condemn our children into the criminal justice system. African American…

I want to thank Chair Nadler for making gun violence a subject of his very first Committee meeting as chair, thus sending the message to the people of America that we are serious about common-sense gun reform.

The failure of Congress to pass universal background check legislation has eroded our sense of safety on our streets, in our schools, and even in our places of worship.

While I do not believe Federal prosecutors are neglecting the pursuit of serious criminals by bringing charges under Criminal Code provisions that H.R. 498 would repeal, this bill serves as an important reminder that Congress should be…

May I inquire as to how many additional speakers my friend from Georgia foresees?

With that in mind, I see that my dear colleague, Jim Langevin, has arrived. He is the sponsor of H.R. 439 which is the Future Farmers of America charter revision bill. He is the sponsor of that bill. He was on his way from the airport. His…

In closing, I want to acknowledge the leadership and commitment of my colleagues, Jim Langevin of Rhode Island and Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, for working together on a bipartisan bill to fashion this bill. I support H.R. 439 even more…

I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 439, a bipartisan bill to update and modernize the Federal charter of the National FFA Organization. The FFA, formally known as the Future Farmers…

On Tuesday night, there was a prime-time television speech from the Oval Office, which appealed to fear, prejudice, and anger. The argument was for a border wall by stereotyping and demonizing people coming to America seeking asylum…

Liberia and Liberian Americans have no greater friend, I would say, than our good friend, Dan Donovan.

I urge all members to join me in voting for this measure.

This measure represents a strong bipartisan message from Congress and I urge all members to support it.

President Maduro has turned the country into a full-fledged dictatorship and victimized his citizens.

Thanks to PEPFAR, 14 million men, women, and children are on lifesaving treatment and more than 2 million babies were born HIV-free to mothers living with HIV.

It is important that the United States send a clear signal to the Iraqi people and regional actors that what happens in Iraq matters to the United States.

I am again asking that my colleagues support this very commonsense bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of a great patriot, Representative Ron Dellums. My sincere condolences for their loss. It is my great honor to be here tonight to…

Today President Trump went to a foreign country and criticized his own country, the United States of America, while bowing and scraping to a foreign dictator, Putin. Americans must ask this obvious question, and it is: Why does President…

I thank the gentlewoman from New York for the time today to address this august body. Let me first compliment the gentlewoman from Washington, D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, a true legal scholar, a legal patriot, and a fighter…

Today, I rise in opposition to this resolution, which is a Republican attempt to delay and derail the Mueller investigation. Mr. Speaker, what we have today is a Republican President who is under criminal investigation. We have a…

Our job as legislators is to listen to each other and find common ground, to compromise for the good of the American people. Today, Trump Republicans are trying to do comprehensive immigration reform without any committee hearings with…

As I speak, the Trump Republicans wrestle another child from the arms of a refugee parent at our southern border, but I still rise today to honor World Refugee Day. Every year, thousands of refugees journey to the United States of America…