WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Hank Johnson's (GA-04) bipartisan Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act (H.R. 963) that re-establishes everyday Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system, passed the House of Representatives with 222 votes. "My bill will restore fairness to the American justice system by reasserting an individual's right to access the cour  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and Member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, issued the following statement marking one year since eight people were killed in the tragic shootings at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia. "One year ago today, we lost eight Americans in the horrific Atlanta spa shootings. I join the   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Amid a rise in hate crimes nationwide, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working with Federal law enforcement to help protect Jewish people in Georgia and nationwide from anti-Semitic attacks. In a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, Sen. Ossoff pressed a senior FBI official on the Bureau's work to prevent, investigate, and prosecute anti-Semitic hate crimes. Sen. Os  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) secured a major victory for 190,000 Georgia small businesses that hold a COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) by successfully pressuring the Small Business Administration (SBA) to extend the deferment period for EIDL loan holders to begin making payments. The SBA announcement came after the Senator led 15 of his colleagues in urging SBA Administrator   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following remarks on March 16, 2022, at a news event marking the one year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings: * * * Speaker Pelosi joined Chair Judy Chu and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Members of the House of Representatives and Asian Pacific American Hill staff on the House East Front Steps for a press event marking one year since eight people were killed in the tragic shootings at three sp  more