Press Releases
Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Whip of the Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement on Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, a measure to repeal IRS reporting requirements mandated by last year’s health care reform law.
“I voted to repeal this burdensome provision last year, but it was blocked by Republicans,” said Johnson.
20 members of U.S. House call for hearings on planned ‘dirty-tricks’ campaign that targeted critics of U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Congressman votes to restore funding for ‘critical’ public safety program
The Honorable Henry C. “Hank” Johnson
For the Hearing on the Role of Public Employee Pensions in
Contributing to State Insolvency and the Possibility of a
State Bankruptcy Chapter
Monday, February 14, 2011 | 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building
Johnson: Afghanistan drawdown schedule "unacceptably slow"
Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) issued the following statement on President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012. The release of the president’s budget coincides with debate in the House on legislation funding the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011 under a continuing resolution.
‘I won’t stop until this bill becomes law’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) today announced he re-introduced his bipartisan bill to address a growing problem of parasitic diseases – mostly in poor, minority populations along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South, Appalachia and distressed urban areas.
U.S. Embassy Cairo | February 9, 2011 | Important Information about Consular Services: February 6, 2011
Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 514, which would reauthorize expiring provisions of the PATRIOT Act without important modifications necessary to safeguard our civil liberties.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee member and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today his support of President Barack Obama’s nominations of a Georgia federal public defender and a U.S. Magistrate Judge to serve as district judges on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.