I want to say right now that I am in favor of the Marketplace Equity Act of 2011.
Hank Johnson
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Hank Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as civil rights, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. Johnson has been an advocate for social justice and has worked on legislation aimed at improving the lives of his constituents in Georgia. He is known for his commitment to addressing economic disparities and promoting community development.
Madam Chair, the bill we are considering today isn't about ensuring our supply of ``strategic and critical minerals.'' This bill is about deregulating the mining industry and the pipeline industry. It's misnamed. It should be renamed the…
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.
Mr. Speaker, today we need to understand that there are two classes of documents. The ones that relate to pending criminal investigations, those are not discoverable or cannot be distributed outside of the Justice Department under penalty…
Today, Mr. Speaker, I rise to give a special tribute to those fathers and their families who have come to America as refugees, escaping the harsh political and economic conditions in their home countries. On June 20, we celebrated World…
Mr. Chairman, Americans need to know that Tea Party Republican obstructionism has brought us to the brink of yet another manufactured crisis. We have less than 2 days to pass critical highway and student loan bills that will keep Americans…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. H.R. 4223 is intended to address the problem of large-scale medical product theft. I think we will all agree that this crime poses substantial risks to the public. For instance, in…





