Press Releases

DECATUR, GA – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement today after the release of Israeli Army Sergeant Gilad Shalit:

Congressman: Bill will level playing field for small, local and minority-owned businesses

WASHINGTON – With Georgia’s small businesses in mind, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today introduced “The Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2011.”

As seen in The Hill newspaper Oct. 11, 2011, edition. Read the piece in its entirety.

Taiwan and Mainland China have transitioned from collision to convergence. What’s next?

By Congressman Hank Johnson & Jonathan Ossoff

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced that he secured a coveted seat on the influential House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet.

Send letter to chair of the Committee Education and the Workforce to consider their Fair Employment Opportunity Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Hank Johnson (GA-4) and Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) called for a hearing in the Committee on Education and the Workforce on the Fair Employment Opportunity Act (FEOA).

HANK: ‘I would like to vote on the American Jobs Act, not more Republican gimmicks’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Johnson today voted against the GOP’s TRAIN Act, a bill that would block two of the most important, life-saving Clean Air rules in decades – the mercury and air toxics rule and cross-state air pollution rule.

Adults between the ages of 19-25 with health insurance increases by 3.5 %

ATLANTA, GA – Rep. Johnson announced that new data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the Affordable Care Act has helped one million additional young adults get health insurance.