Hank Johnson

I want to say right now that I am in favor of the Marketplace Equity Act of 2011.

I think this is a new tax, and it is not simply a tax that is due.

Rather than bringing the bipartisan H.R. 2011, here we have a wolf in sheep's clothing, a bill that purports to serve our national security interests but, in truth, just seeks to undermine environmental regulations that protect the health…

Where was the moral indignation and outrage and the like that has been displayed before us this morning, where was that when Valerie Plame, a CIA agent, a covert CIA agent, was outed by the previous Administration?

I don't understand why the majority, or the folks on the other side, would bring a community banker up here to help in the effort to get rid of Dodd-Frank.

I appreciate community banks in general. In fact, when I was a practicing lawyer, my accounts were at a local community bank.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. Price of Georgia The Acting…

What did he say? Well, it doesn't matter because whatever he said, please know that treaties have to be confirmed or ratified by the Senate with a two-thirds majority. Mr. Chairman, let's ask our military leadership whether the New START…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 31 Offered by Mr. Johnson of Georgia The Acting…

My friend, Congressman Franks from Arizona, cited the fact that he believes that this language that I seek to remove from the NDAA actually strengthens the administration's hand. I would submit that what it does is imposes on the…

I have no speakers, and I'm prepared to close. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has the right to close. Mr. McKEON. Then I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 65, line 1, insert ``(reduced by $26,000,000)'' after the dollar amount. Page 73, line 17, insert ``(increased by…

Then, as if that weren't disturbing enough, this bill would grant the government broad authority to share that information between intelligence and law enforcement agencies and use it for virtually any purpose defined as important to…

Well, you know, Congresswoman, you lead into the Declaration for Democracy, which I had the pleasure to sign yesterday, along with many of my other colleagues; and I am sure that the longer that this is around, the more that people will…

Well, I believe you are right about that. But I will say, though, those moderates on the other side of the aisle who I am referring to are the prime targets of the interests that want to get rid of them and go to an extreme. So folks over…

Yes. I would echo those comments, Congresswoman. You know, Members around here, some folks spend 60, 70 percent of their time, instead of being in committee meetings, they are out making phone calls trying to raise money for their next…

Congresswoman, I agree. I also want to point out that to label folks as Communists and Socialists just because they believe in fairness for the working people of this country is not true, and I think that it should be called out because…

Sir, the next day, a statement was released by the gentleman. The statement was to the effect that the entire membership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are card-carrying members of the Communist Party. I just think that it's…

It's disturbing to me, with all that the Congressional Progressive Caucus has done to try to level the playing field in this country for working men and women, that we would all be lumped together and called names. I want you to comment…

I certainly don't want to misstate what actually happened, and I think I said that it's my understanding that that meeting was held. That's the information that I received.

We lead busy lives here, and I don't want to blame my colleagues for being forgetful, nor do I want to accuse anyone of just not caring. But I do have to remind the House that before the health care law, insurance companies were free to…

I urge this committee to make LIHEAP a priority in its budget.

I strongly urge this committee to follow the president's lead and invest in America.

I sincerely believe that the president's budget proposal is a balanced approach that includes short term incentives to spur immediate job growth, and includes long term deficit reduction.

Senate republicans have not been shy about their goal, which is to defeat President Obama, make him a one-term President.