Healthcare

Advocates for relief for families and small businesses in the 5th district of Georgia who are suffering from the economic impacts of COVID-19

- Advocates for relief for families and small businesses in the 5th district of Georgia who are suffering from the economic impacts of COVID-19

Economy

End qualified immunity and mandate body cams

Advocates for record expungement of non-violent marijuana offenses

- End qualified immunity and mandate body cams
- Advocates for record expungement of non-violent marijuana offenses

- End <pv key='qualified-immunity'>qualified immunity</pv> and mandate body cams
- Advocates for record expungement of non-violent marijuana offenses

Criminal Justice

Protect communities from voter suppression

- Support LGBTQ rights
- Protect communities from voter suppression

Other priorities

Kwanza Hall

Supports a universal mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Advocates for a federally coordinated, data-driven, nationwide response to check the COVID-19 pandemic

Supports Medicaid expansion in Georgia and the extension of comprehensive coverage for postpartum care for the full year after childbirth

Protect and improve the Affordable Care Act

- Supports a universal mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Advocates for a federally coordinated, data-driven, nationwide response to check the COVID-19 pandemic
- Supports Medicaid expansion in Georgia and the extension of comprehensive coverage for postpartum care for the full year after childbirth
- Protect and improve the Affordable Care Act

- Supports a universal <pv key='mask-mandates'>mask mandate</pv> in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Advocates for a federally coordinated, data-driven, nationwide response to check the COVID-19 pandemic
- Supports <pv key='medicaid-expansion'>Medicaid expansion</pv> in Georgia and the extension of comprehensive coverage for postpartum care for the full year after childbirth
- Protect and improve the <pv key='aca'>Affordable Care Act</pv>

Federal labor laws should mandate wage equity and a livable working wage

Ensure Americans can get back to work safely

- Federal labor laws should mandate wage equity and a livable working wage
- Ensure Americans can get back to work safely

Administer United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund to tackle key causes of systemic racism in Black neighborhoods

- Supports police reform
- Administer United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund to tackle key causes of systemic racism in Black neighborhoods

Ensure full voting rights for all citizens

- Increase education funding
- Ensure full voting rights for all citizens

Robert Franklin

A US Representative elected in Georgia represents their district in the US House of Representatives, where they can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become federal laws after going through the full legislative process. The House of Representatives, along with the Senate, makes up the US Congress. Congress acts as the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. Each state within the US gets a different number of US Representatives, proportional to their population. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives, each of whom are elected by and represent their district while serving in Washington DC.

Federal laws created and passed by the House of Representatives have a huge impact. A current example is H.R. 6800 (better known as the HEROES Act), which began in the House of Representatives and outlines a second round of emergency coronavirus relief. The “H.R.” at the front of a bill number indicates that it started in the House of Representatives. This involves garnering support for the Heroes Act, successfully taking it through all relevant committees within the House, and ultimately passing it on to the US Senate, where the bill will repeat the process with US Senators. All US Representatives are involved in this process through voting.

Your representative and federal lawmaker in the US House of Representatives

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- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Georgia and a US citizen for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.