Press Releases

African-American and Hispanic Borrowers Who Qualified for Loans and Were Charged Higher Fees or Rates or Were Improperly Placed into Subprime Loans Are Eligible for Compensation

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed the second largest fair lending settlement in the department’s history to resolve allegations that Wells Fargo Bank, the largest residential home mortgage originator in the United States, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending from 2004 through 2009.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrat Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after he voted against Republicans’ attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, once again:

“In a desperate attempt to appear relevant and appease their discouraged Tea Party base, House Republicans are wasting taxpayers’ time and money with the 31st vote this Congress to ‘repeal’ Obamacare. Luckily for American families, they are powerless to do so.”

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Congressmen: ‘Extend coverage to 600,000 uninsured Georgians’

Rep. Johnson's July Fourth 2012 E-Newsletter: /sites/evo-subsites/hankjohnson-evo.house.gov/files/e-newsletter/2012/07/rep-hank-johnsons-fourth-of-july-e-newsletter.shtml

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrat Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after he joined members of the Congressional Black Caucus and many in Democratic Caucus who walked off the floor, refusing to participate in the Republican vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the entire Affordable Care Act:

“After more than a century of debate, the American people won an historic victory with passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Thank you for inviting me to speak at this critically important event.

More than 1.2 million people in the United States currently live with HIV/AIDS, and more than one in five who are positive are not even aware of their status.

That is why I applaud the National Association of People with AIDS, or NAPWA, for advocating for increased testing.

Congressman: Federal funds allow sheriff’s department to hire seven officers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), a member of the House Armed Services and Judiciary Committees, announced today that Newton County will receive a more than $900,000 grant from Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office.