Consumer Protection
Information regarding my stance on Consumer Protection.
Agency will now hold public comment period until Dec. 1
LITHONIA, GA – This week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reversed its decision to ban the use of kratom, a plant that researchers say could help fight the opioid epidemic.
On Sept. 30, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) – along with colleague Mark Pocan (WI-02) – penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch objecting to the DEA’s hasty decision to classify kratom as a Schedule 1 substance without first going through its normal classification and rulemaking process.
WABE (NPR): Ga. Rep. Hank Johnson Introduces Voting Protection Measures: https://news.wabe.org/post/ga-rep-hank-johnson-introduces-voting-protection-measures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommitee on Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Law (RRCAL), requested a hearing to address the alarming and unprecedented wave of consolidation in the agricultural sector:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement after the Department of Health & Human Services issued a rule Wednesday to prohibit nursing homes that do business with Medicare or Medicaid from inserting forced arbitration clauses into their patient contracts:
Congressman’s legislation would authorize Title III funds to establish on-campus resource centers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced today the “Inclusive Campuses Act of 2016” (H.R. 6164) to authorize the use of Title III funds to establish on-campus resource centers for LGBTQ students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Today’s hearing is an important and welcome opportunity to discuss drug price competition in the market for treating opioid addiction.
Opioid addiction is a devastating public-health emergency in many of our communities.
Strongly linked to the prescription of opioid painkillers, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that opioids contributed to the deaths of 28,647 Americans in 2014.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today released its Environmental Justice: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency Compliance and Enforcement of Title VI and E.O. 12,898, which found that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Final Coal Ash Rule disproportionately impacts low-income and communities of color and places the burden of enforcement on these communities.
Congressman reaches across the aisle with Rep. Bishop (MI-08) to help workers, businesses at tax time
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson’s (GA-04) bipartisan bill “The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015” H.R. 2315 passed the House of Representatives by voice vote Wednesday night.
Congressman also pushes to protect voters’ access and provide paper ballots