Press Releases

LITHONIA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that more than $845 million was released during the holidays by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to states to help low-income households with their heating and home energy costs under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

Georgia will receive an estimated $60 million this year – $27 million of which was released late last month.

LITHONIA, GA - El congresista Hank Johnson (GA-04) ha anunciado hoy que más de $ 845 millones dólares fue otorgado durante las vacaciones de parte del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) a estados para ayudar a familias de bajos ingresos con sus calefacción y los costos de energía bajo el Programa de Asistencia de Energía para Hogares de Bajos Ingresos (LIHEAP).

Georgia recibirá un estimado de $ 60 millones este año - $ 27 millones de los cuales fueron otorgados el mes pasado.

LITHONIA, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs is deploying 20 additional Mobile Vet Centers to increase access to readjustment counseling services for veterans and their families, including one that is coming to Atlanta.

“I’m proud to join President Obama and Secretary Shinseki in announcing this victory for veterans in metro Atlanta,” said Johnson.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today on the end of the Iraq War:

“Today I’m pleased to confirm that the U.S. military mission in Iraq has ended. After 8 years of war, our forces are coming home with honor.

Congressman: Constituents sent us here to safeguard their liberty – I ask my colleagues to think long and hard about this vote

U.S. Representative Hank Johnson, colleagues disturbed by reports of high-level corruption in partner country

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nineteen members of the U.S. Congress today wrote U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging that the United States insist on a full investigation of credible reports that senior Sierra Leonean officials offered permission to conduct illegal and destructive logging operations in exchange for bribes.

Johnson-Heinrich letter urges changes to defense authorization bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-4), U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich (NM-1), and more than 35 colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives tonight sent an urgent letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders and conferees opposing provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act that would authorize indefinite detention of Americans and tie the hands of domestic law enforcement in terrorism cases.

Bill addresses high-cost drugs: ‘We must keep the promises we made to our seniors’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today introduced his bipartisan “Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act” (H.R. 3613), which would give seniors on Medicare Part D who rely on ‘specialty tier’ drugs an appeals process when dealing with the high costs of these prescriptions.
With the period of open enrollment for Medicare Part D ending yesterday, seniors are continuing to see their health plans place drugs used to treat chronic illnesses on specialty tiers.