Skip to main content

Press Releases

November 6, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) voted to create millions of good-paying union jobs with a once-in-a-century investment in rebuilding infrastructure in Georgia, including roads and bridges, transit, rail, clean drinking water and wastewater systems and high-speed broadband networks.


November 4, 2021

Congressman Hank Johnson, Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act from advancing in the Senate:


November 4, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, today announced he introduced The Open Courts Act of 2021, which would modernize and secure the federal judiciary's court records system (called CM/ECF) and make federal court records freely available to the public.


November 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Hank Johnson's (GA-04) bipartisan Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act — H.R. 963 — that re-establishes everyday Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court system, passed the House Judiciary Committee.


November 2, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and Grace Meng (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Hepatitis Caucus, issued the following statement on the vote to recommend hepatitis B vaccines for all adults, which is set to be held tomorrow by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices:

Issues: Health Care

November 2, 2021

MEN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PARTNER WITH THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY FOR THE "GROW IT OUT" CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR PROSTATE CANCER AMONG BLACK MEN

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Male members of the Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement announcing a partnership with the American Cancer Society for a month-long campaign to raise awareness for Prostate Cancer in Black men.

Issues: Health Care

October 26, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual property & the Internet, released the following statement on President Joe Biden nominating Kathi Vidal as Undersecretary for Intellectual Property & Director of the U.S. Patent & Trade Office:


October 17, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) re-introduced legislation this week to recognize Oct. 17th as "National Vitiligo Awareness Day." The resolution honors courageous children and adults, who live with the autoimmune condition and often must overcome harassment and bullying.

Issues: Health Care

October 15, 2021

Washington (October 14, 2021) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Hank Johnson (GA-04), and Representative Mondaire Jones (NY-17) released the following statement after the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States released its initial draft materials today.


October 15, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, introduced the Cybersecurity Opportunity Act to fund a cybersecurity grant education program at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions.