Press Releases

Congressman: ‘Incompetent bankers are throwing people out of their homes without regard for them as human beings’

Veterans Health National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Update

The website for the VA National Center for PTSD is easy to search and contains a wealth of information, including Returning from the War Zone Guide, Understanding PTSD, and a VA PTSD Program locator. Check out the new video entitled PTSD Treatment Works.

VA Began Paying Benefits for New Agent Orange Claims as of November 1, 2010

Congressman Johnson: 'I’m ready for the battles ahead'

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson, who represents Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District, was elected whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) for the 112th Congress.

The CPC’s 83 members are committed to the principles of social and economic justice, a non-discriminatory society, and national priorities that represent the interests of all people, not just the wealthy and powerful.

New Medical Loss Ratio regulations issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) require health insurers to spend 80 to 85 percent of consumers’ premiums on direct care for patients and efforts to improve the quality of care.

“Our health care system should deliver quality affordable care for all Americans, not inhumanely deny claims to enrich shareholders and executives. Thanks to passage of historic health care reform, Americans can be confident that health insurance is about providing quality care, not maximizing profits.”

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Congressman responds to reports of job ads that read: ‘no unemployed candidates need apply’

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Jacqueline Berrien to request an investigation into possible discrimination against the unemployed.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson, GA-04, issued the following statement in recognition of Veterans Day, which will be celebrated tomorrow:

We must all be committed to keeping our promises to the nation’s 3 million troops and reservists, their families, and 23 million veterans, including 51,000 here in the Fourth District. Let’s all come together to honor our veterans – the debt we owe them is immeasurable.

Announces Two New Programs for Women Vets, Guard, Reservists and Families:

WASHINGTON – With thousands of service men and women returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Syracuse University are expanding their Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) to a seventh school, Louisiana State University, and launching two new entrepreneurship programs for women veterans and National Guard and Reserve members and their families.