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June 14, 2013
Congressman Hank Johnson is taking the Food Stamp Challenge – living on $31.50 worth of food for a week, the average weekly benefit for a food stamp recipient.

June 7, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) today issued the following statement following disclosure of the secret National Security Agency telephone surveillance program that has collected the telephone records of tens of millions of American customers of Verizon, one of the nation’s largest phone companies, under a top-secret court order.


June 6, 2013
Rep. Johnson's key amendment increased science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) funding for HBCU’s by $5 million.

June 5, 2013
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that he is partnering with local city governments to provide better constituent services to Fourth District residents.

June 4, 2013

Congressman tours cattle, strawberry farms to discuss agricultural issues; Cattleman Keith Mitcham to visit Johnson’s D.C. office next month

COVINGTON, GA – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) and members of his staff visited the Mitcham Cattle Co. and Mitcham Strawberry Farm in Covington on May 29 as part of a meet and greet workplace exchange.

In return, cattleman Keith Mitcham will shadow Rep. Johnson for a day in his Washington, D.C., office next month.


June 4, 2013
Hank Johnson held a Meet & Greet for senior citizens at the Newton County Senior Center.

May 31, 2013

Congressman’s office assisted in HomeSafe GA outreach, helping nearly 700 homeowners prevent foreclosures in the Fourth Congressional District

LITHONIA, GA – In a May 16 letter to Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Mike Beatty reported that more people have been helped under President Obama’s “Hardest Hit Fund”– known as HomeSafe in Georgia – in the Fourth Congressional District than any other congressional district in the state.


May 21, 2013
On Thursday, May 23, the Congressional Viral Hepatitis Caucus Co-Chairs will attend a free hepatitis testing event in honor of National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day.
Issues: Health Care

May 15, 2013
I strongly believe that Congress must protect the free flow of information and ideas under the First Amendment.

May 9, 2013
Rep. Johnson (GA-04) today introduced the bipartisan APPS Act of 2013 to increase consumer privacy on mobile devices.