Consumer Protection
Information regarding my stance on Consumer Protection.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte requesting a full hearing to carefully review the issue of pre-dispute (“forced”) arbitration clauses that appear in millions of consumer contracts – from employment to automobile sales and from nursing-home admission to cell phone service.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Johnson issued the following statement on a media call while discussing The New York Times investigative series “Beware the Fine Print,” a three-part series examining how clauses buried in tens of millions of contracts have deprived Americans of one of their most fundamental constitutional rights: their day in court:
Nursing-home residents stand to lose every cause of action against unscrupulous caregivers unless CMS issues a rule ending pre-dispute (“forced”) arbitration in nursing-home agreements.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and 26 other members of Congress sent a letter calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to issue a strong rule to prohibit forced arbitration in nursing-home agreements.
Congressman introduces bill to protect traveling public by requiring automatic braking systems
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Seeking to make highways around the nation safer for drivers, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the “Safe Roads Act of 2015” (H.R. 3536).
In April of 2015, five nursing students were killed and three others seriously injured when a tractor-trailer failed to stop and plowed into traffic that had stopped on I-16 in Georgia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) sent the following letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) concerning Expedia’s proposed acquisition of Orbitz. Rep. Johnson is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law (RRCAL), which exercises jurisdiction over antitrust law.
LITHONIA, GA -- Congressman Hank Johnson (GA04) is holding a town hall meeting at the Newton County Historic Courthouse on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. District and national issues wil be front and center – a community conversation with Congressman Hank Johnson.
WHO: Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04); staff and public
WHAT: Town hall meeting
WHERE: Newton County at the Historic Courthouse in Covington;1124 Clark St SW, Covington, GA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law (RRCAL), issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a core tenet of the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell:
“Today, for the second time, the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act,” Johnson said. “The Court’s decision ensures that all eligible Americans, regardless of where they live, have the access to tax credits that help them afford life-saving health care.