Press Releases
LITHONIA, GA – On Saturday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Oct. 5, Congressman Hank Johnson is hosting community events to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.
In conjunction with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ HomeSafe Georgia program, certified housing counselors the D&E Group and CredAbility credit counselors, Rep. Johnson is holding the free events to help struggling homeowners.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, released the following statement today in support of low-wage fast food and retail workers who participated in a nationwide walkout- for job protections and fair wages:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) attended a White House reception on August 27 and on August 28, President Barack Obama’s address at the Lincoln Memorial in honor of the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington.
President Obama spoke during the “Let Freedom Ring Call to Action” commemoration hosted by the King Center, signaling a nationwide bell-ringing that capped off the week-long celebration.
LITHONIA, GA – On Sunday, Congressman Hank Johnson presented DeKalb County resident Antoinette Tuff with a Congressional proclamation at her church – The Way, The Truth and Life Christian Center on Miller Road in Decatur.
“It is truly remarkable that the cool, calm and fast-thinking Ms. Tuff may very well have saved our community and the nation from yet another unspeakable national tragedy involving innocent children.
Calls for A Legislative Fix In Response to Supreme Court Decision Shelby County v Holder
LITHONIA, GA – Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) marked the 48th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act. President Lyndon Johnson signed this historic law on August 6, 1965. This law was enacted only after years of those in the civil rights movement marching and in some cases being beaten or dying for the right to vote. For 48 years, the Voting Rights Act has helped secure the right to vote for millions of Americans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Hank Johnson spoke from the House floor July 22 to call for the release of Bahraini prisoner of conscience Mahdi Abu Dheeb.
Johnson took up Abu Dheeb’s cause as a member of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission’s Defending Freedoms Project, which encourages members of Congress to adopt prisoners of conscience in foreign countries.
The goal of the project is for members to use their platform as public officials to spread public awareness and attain the release of such prisoners.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) offered a job creation amendment to H.R. 367, the “Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny” Act (REINS Act) of 2013.
The REINS Act would substantially delay and potentially prevent agency rulemaking, at great risk to public health and safety, by requiring that any major new rule be affirmatively approved by Congress and the President.