Press Releases
WHO: Rep. John Lewis
Captain Timothy Clements
Bryan Ramos
WHAT: Promotion Ceremony for Army Captain Timothy Clements
WHEN: 10:30 AM, Friday, September 13, 2019
WHERE: 300 Cannon House Office Building
U.S. Congressman
John Lewis
Georgia's 5th Congressional District
Invites you to attend
Military Service Academy Forum
Saturday, August 24, 2019
“It was today 54 years ago that President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Just five months after Bloody Sunday, the conflict on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Johnson introduced legislation that responded to the demand that all Americans participate equally in the democratic process.
“We have lost one of the most admired and gifted writers of our time. My late wife, Lillian, loved Toni Morrison’s and even came to know her as a friend. Toni Morrison was unapologetically black, mining the “rich” heritage of the African American story to reveal truths of our lives that we might never have seen had she not committed words to the page.
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) made the following statement on the floor of the House today regarding H. Res. 489, a Resolution Condemning President Trump’s Racist Comments Directed at Members of Congress:
“Madam Speaker, I rise with a sense of righteous indignation to support this resolution.
“As people of good conscience and concerned citizens of this nation, we must condemn the planned raids of the homes, communities, and workplaces of allegedly undocumented immigrants.
“It is with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of Philip Freelon, the architect who was the principal designer of the National Museum of African Amer
Today during a news conference calling attention to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby v. Holder decision that “gutted” the Voting Rights Act, Rep. John Lewis made the following statement:
“I have said this before, and I will say it again. The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy.