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“This executive order will begin the process of deconstructing the individual and small group insurance markets health insurance markets. Additionally, this administration recently confirmed its intent to end support for the cost sharing reductions that help many Americans afford health insurance.
WASHINGTON— In 2016, Rep. John Lewis asked the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) to audit the state-run Hardest Hit Fund (HHF), TARP’s primary federal foreclosure mitigation program in Atlanta. Today, SIGTARP released its final audit.
DAV/RecruitMilitary Veterans Job Fair on Thursday, October the 5th at The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA.
What: DAV/RecruitMilitary Veterans Job Fair
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 441 Martin Luther King Jr Drive NW, Atlanta, GA
When: Thursday, October 05, 2017, 11 AM - 3 PM
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. John Lewis made the following statement celebrating National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Week:
“Throughout our nation’s history, HBCUs played an integral role in shaping generations of leaders and visionaries when segregation and discrimination prevented African-Americans from earning college degrees.
Like you, I am closely monitoring Hurricane Irma as it moves through the Caribbean and threatens Georgia and the Southeastern United States over the next few days. As we all know, Irma is an extremely dangerous storm, and everyone should take its threat seriously.
The Atlanta Passport Agency is hosting a special Passport Day on Saturday, September 23, 2017 as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Passport Awareness Month. The hours of the event are from 8:00a.m. until 12:00p.m.
“I have fought too long and hard to end discrimination based on race and color to allow discrimination based on gender identity to be considered acceptable.
WASHINGTON – After viewing the video of a DeKalb County police officer striking a homeless woman with his baton several times during an arrest, Rep. John Lewis made the following statement:
Gillibrand Introduces Companion in Senate
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, lead sponsors Rep. John Lewis (GA-5), House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5), Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (SC-6), Rep. John Conyers (MI-13), Rep. Robert Brady (PA-1), and more than 178 Democrats reintroduced the Voter Empowerment Act in the House of Representatives. Sen.
WASHINGTON – Rep. John Lewis will use these prepared remarks today at the SPEAKOUT rally on the East Lawn of the U.S. Capitol at 10:30 AM. He joins other members of the Democratic leadership, other colleagues, and activists in an effort to persuade this Congress to repair the Voting Rights Act.