Consumer Protection
Information regarding my stance on Consumer Protection.
The chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet in the House of Representatives, along with a Republican congresswoman from Alabama, proposed a bipartisan bill to amend the patent dance in the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA).
"I'd like to see independent air quality testing in the area around Covington that the EPD study says is impacted," said U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat who represents Georgia's 4th District, which includes Covington and the BD Bard Plant. "The fact that state and federal agencies have known the dangers of ethylene oxide and have not informed residents is unacceptable.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seeking to make highways around the nation safer for drivers, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), along with his colleague, Rep. Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois, introduced the "Safe Roads Act of 2019" (H.R. 3773), which would direct the Department of Transportation to require all new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system.
Congressman works to streamline path for biosimilar drugs to make it to market, consumers with the Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Improvements to Patent Litigation Act
Congresswoman Roby of Alabama cosponsors bipartisan bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, July 18 at 9 a.m., Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, will hold a hearing on "Counterfeits and Cluttering: Emerging Threats to the Integrity of the Trademark System and the Impact on American Consumers and Businesses."
Congressmen introduce bill to protect traveling public
DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), is hosting his "Moving The Fourth Forward" town hall series at four locations throughout Georgia's Fourth Congressional District from 6 – 7:30 p.m., to hear the thoughts and opinions of his constitutes on a wide range of issues.
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Johnson, House colleagues seeks answers after Georgia Department of Community Health temporarily cut off Medicaid benefits to thousands of elderly and disabled Georgians
Event held on brand protection and anti-counterfeiting strategies
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, is delivering the keynote address at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) forum on brand protection and anti-counterfeiting strategies.