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“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.”
“Freddy Mercury did not confess to having ‘just killed a man’ by putting ‘a gun against his head’ and ‘’pulling the trigger. Bob Marley did not confess to having shot a sheriff. And Johnny Cash did not confess to shooting ‘a man in Reno, just to watch him die’
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along partisan lines this week allowing President Donald Trump to dismantle the Education Department — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted against Trump MAGA Republican Big, Ugly Bill.
Congressman Seeks Deal to Exempt Georgia, While Also Focusing on Reversing Cuts to Healthcare Access for Children, Providing Counsel for Unaccompanied Minors, and Strengthening Environmental Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc:
Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Questions Wisdom of Bypassing Opportunity To Open US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Southeast Regional Outreach Office (SEROO) in Atlanta
Letter to the Secretary: ‘Gutting this committee undermines the progress we’ve made in public health’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hepatitis Caucus Co-Chairs Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and Rep. Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., expressing grave concern over his recent dismissal of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and warning of the consequences for public health, particularly in the fight against liver disease and cancer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) announced today that Jay Owens, a senior at Georgia Connections Academy in Duluth, Georgia, has been selected as the winner of the 2025 Congressional Art Competition for Georgia’s 4th Congressional District.
Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement on the White House deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles during protests against Trump's immigration policies:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) joined Congressmen Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) and Brett Guthrie (KY-02), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Job Corps Caucus, in a letter signed by 199 members of Congress—Democratic and Republican—to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to continue the Job Corps program.