Hank Johnson

This bill is not about civil rights, but it's simply another attempt to chip away at a woman's right to choose. It's part of the Republican war on women, also known as WOW. I'm like, Wow, why are we continuing to attack women like this…

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…

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…

This amendment would direct the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress regarding the impact on national security of reducing our nuclear weapons stockpiles, as required by the New START Treaty. For…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following new section: SEC. 1065A. REPORT ON PLANNED…

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…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In title X, strike section 1064 and insert the following: SEC. 1064. FINDINGS ON DEPLOYMENT OF TACTICAL…

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 amendment would strike language in the bill directing the administration to consider redeploying tactical nuclear weapons to the western Pacific region, and it would replace that language with a finding that such a deployment would not…

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 yield myself 15 seconds to point out that the voluminous report that my colleague on the other side just referred to, that was included in last year's NDAA and has not been submitted. I'm just asking for a simple report. I yield 2…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in support of this amendment which will ensure that the Department of Justice has the resources it needs to fight white collar crime. The Department is preparing to close antitrust regional offices in…

Our country is emerging from the worst recession in generations. Million of Americans, our neighbors, friends and constituents, are still out of work. Millions of those we represent have been out of work for more than 99 weeks. It's…

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…

Thank you, Ranking Member Ruppersberger. Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to this very disturbing bill. One thing that is important to keeping our country number one has been the personal freedoms that we have all enjoyed since this…

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…

Today I rise to talk about the discriminatory voter ID laws that are undemocratic and simply un- American. The American Legislative Exchange Council, also known as ALEC, has long been a secretive collaboration between big business and…

Ladies and gentlemen, a shadowy collection of wealthy businesses and conservative Tea Party Republican State lawmakers is undermining our democracy. Last week I discussed the connection between the American Legislative Exchange Council…

I'm going to read it. It's the Declaration for Democracy, and it reads as follows: I declare my support for amending the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people undermined by Citizens United and…

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…

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'd first like to address, Congressman, the issue of taxes and fair taxes. Yesterday, or, actually, the day before yesterday, I stood with a group of ``Fair Taxers,'' people who are recommending the fair tax as an alternative to our…

Congresswoman, I believe that you have hit the nail on the head. This Citizens United ruling by the United States Supreme Court definitely puts corporations in a position of superiority over just the regular working people of this country…

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…

Congresswoman, that was something that has happened this year that perhaps not a lot of people know about is that, under this Republican-controlled 112th Congress, the House has voted to do away with or abolish the $1 checkoff on a tax…